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Title: Looking for a plot? This is not the one for you!
Review: If you want to see a film which shows what New York City was like in the 1860's, the background scenery is for you. History buffs might like it for that reason. But the plot--if it can be called that--very quickly descends into one long, bloody, gory beating. Granted, mindless violence is quite popular these days, but I think filming a boxing match would have provided more of a storyline than this epic actually managed to churn out. The only parts I found remotely noteworthy was the portrayal treatment of the Irish immigrants in the turbulance of the Civil War era.So, in brief, the only way I could see this picture even being considered for "Best Picture of the Year" would be if the only other contenders were "Ishtar," "Plan 9 from Outer Space" or anything else by Ed Wood.
