The movie is like an American movie, and the background seems to be modern. At that time, women still wore those big fishbone skirts, which was a bit like the New York gangster played by Leonardo.

Needless to say, this man is Leonardo.

The female thief is played by cameron diaz.

This is a story about how Irish and Italian gangs took root in new york and fought for territory. The time is set between 1846 and 1863. Armstrong (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the son of Warren, the leader of the dead rabbit gang, an Irish immigrant. After his father was murdered, he launched a revenge action against the indigenous leader "Bill the Butcher" (Daniel Day Lewis). In order to accomplish the great cause of revenge, he chose temporary patience and disguise. He joined the gang of "Bill the Butcher" and lived a gangster life again, but this time he supported his father-killer. . . . . .

Then, with the help of the female thief Jenny Everdean (cameron diaz), Armstrong gradually found a chance to get close to "Bill the Butcher", but the closer he got to his heart, the more contradictory and confused he became. He clearly saw all the crimes of "Bill the Butcher". He sympathized with the victims, but he found that even if he was killed, foreign immigrants and all the persecuted people could not live a stable life, because "Bill the Butcher" not only represented himself and a gang, but also had strong political assistance behind this rogue official. So a simple purpose of revenge for my father led to a collective resistance to freedom and equality.