Better than Blade Runner and The Matrix?!? This dude is on Bath Salts. I think you’re right about DiCaprio putting on the knee pads.
I’ve never read Gangs of New York. I assume you recommend it?
Oh God it is like one of the most mind blowing books I ever read, the gangs that existed in New York city in the mid to late 1800s were just absolutely insane. The book I read was a real old edition, I think from the early 1900s, but it was just incredible. Here it is....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gangs_of_New_York_(book)
They go into the draft riots of 1863 in extreme detail, it’s graphic as hell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots
Here is one copy I found
http://www.amazon.com/Gangs-New-York-Informal-Underworld/dp/0307388980
Some people gave it bad reviews which I cannot understand at all, the book was very accurate. All these gangs did exist, there’s even photographs of them floating around like this....
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma04/wood/ykid/imagehtml/riis_streetmen.htm
and to this day you can see the streets of the 5 points which is located in the heart of Chinatown.