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Gangs Of New York/Blow/The Departed

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Gangs Of New York (Dir. Martin Scorsese) (2002): The seeds for revenge take place in 1846 when a battle is fought against the Irish and the native Americans over the five points area of New York City. It is here where Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) slays Priest Vallon whose son Amsterdam Vallon (Dicaprio) is then taken to an orphanage. The plot unfolds when in 1863 Amsterdam returns to the five points to seek revenge against his fathers killer. Blow (Dir. Ted Demme) (2001): George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and always berated by his mother. So he sets off for California to live on the beach. George finds he can make a living selling drugs. One day he learns he could make more money by shipping drugs across the country. So he does. Needing a bigger supply of drugs he goes to Columbia finds his way to Medellin and meets Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis). George stumbles into becoming the biggest trafficker of cocaine in the U.S. The Departed (Dir. Martin Scorsese) (2006): Two men operate on different sides of the law; one a mole with the Boston State Police department the other within the Irish mafia. When bloodshed breaks out on the streets each mole is despatched to discover the other's identity in a race against time...

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