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<font size="4"><br>Gangs of New York</font>
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<br>movie review by Gary Johnson</font>
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<p>The title of Martin Scorsese's new film, <i>Gangs of New York</i>, sounds like it could be an extension of <i>Goodfellas</i> or <i>Mean Streets</i>, Scorsese's highly-regarded examinations of the contemporary crime scene in New York City. But <i>Gangs of New York</i> defies expectations. For those people unfamiliar with Herbert Asbury's book length study of the notorious Five Points neighborhood and the vicious political machinery that ruled it (circa 1860s), this films will seem as foreign as a Western set on Mars (a comparison made by the movie's screenwriter, Jay Cocks, while discussing the allure of Asbury's book).
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