In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Right before a couple engages in a relationship the woman is restrained and the two people hit each other. This may be triggering to someone who's experienced DV.
They march around with dead rabbits tied to sticks. Kind of littered around the movie and tough to avoid. There are also the butcher shop scenes and there is the occasional pig’s head just kind of… around.