Gangs of New York (2002) REACTION 

Daniel Day-Lewis is the GOAT.

To see more of Daniel day lewis, "there will be blood" (2007) is a good recommandation to watch

This film is based on a book by Herbert Asbury with the same title published in 1927. Although the events were fictional expert the Draft Riots some of the characters and names of the gangs are listed in the book

This is a favorite movie, and favorite Daniel Day Lewis role, he plays such a good villain. Alot of the historical parts of the story were exaggerated for the story. Some of the characters like William Poole (Bill the Butcher) gangs and that kind of violence were based on real events and people but not to this extent.

YES!!! Omg this is one of my faaaaaavorite movies ever made! Everyone's acting was superb, and the history behind the story is so interesting. The Dead Rabbits were one of the many real-life gangs depicted in this movie. While the American West was busy being wild and panning for gold, the South was brewing a war, and the East had their own lawless wasteland then known as The Five Points, which has evolved into modern day Lower Manhattan, NY. I'm a huge history nerd, so this is such a treat.🤓 Please consider watching Memoirs of a Geisha, I know you'll all enjoy the hell out of it.

Nominated for 11 Oscars including Best Picture but did not win any. Daniel Day Lewis retired from acting in 2017.

I absolutely loved that she recognized Liam Neeson as Schindler and not his many other characters from his other films.

My man DDL actually had a glass top on for months. Imagine waking up and having Bill the Butcher cooking you eggs. Awkward.

There are real aspects to this film. Certain figures such as Bill Cutting were real. The draft riots were very real and a major occurrence during the civil war. The gangs and the five points were also real. Part of the neighborhood exists where the civic center is now and the other part is now Chinatown.

This was America in New York at that time

Hellcat Maggie has a pretty decent Irish style whiskey named after her. She actually did file her teeth down to points and use ears and fingers to pay for her cups of grog at saloons. Crazy times.

Definitely historically accurate! Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the best actors. Look up some of his movies. Ie Last of the Mohicans

That was Martin Scorcese doing a cameo as the wealthy head-of-household where Cameron Diaz was working the turtledove scam 🤩

Daniel Day Lewis knocks it out of the park with this role. So good. Great movie

The interesting part about Boss Tweed is that he was later brought down, charged and sentenced to prison largely because of a newspaper cartoonist named Thomas Nast.

This was a very good movie back in the 2000s my dad took me to see this when it first came out this was my dad's favorite movie 💯🙏

Yes, you watched one of the greatest movies ever made, for the next movie reaction I suggest you watch the Warriors 1979 movie it’s very classy and does take place in NYC

In the history of N.Y there was a tavern where if you acted up they would cut off your ear,and keep it in a jar.

One of my favorites movie

Other great Daniel Day Lewis movies based on American history: "Last of the Mohicans", "Lincoln", and "The Crucible".

10:00 What is happening here is a popular game from the 18th-19th century. They would release two terriers (which are bred for killing rats and other vermin) into a ring full of rats and bet on which one would kill more rats in a certain amount of time, usually about a minute or two.

Five-points was a real neighborhood/slum, the frequent street battles were true as were many of the characters and gangs (ie: Bill the Butcher, William Tweed, Hell-Cat Maggie, Bowery Boys, Dead Rabbits, etc. - were all real)

17:00 "Hanging is super cringe." Yeah, imagine too, you get decapitated by the guillotine front of a exited public during the french revolutionary event. Often, an hanging is a sweet death in caparison of the decapitation because the neck break instantly... 💀💀💀

Much of the movie is based on real people and real things that happened, but the particulars are probably not true. There was a Bill the Butcher. Five points existed in Manhatten, it was a haven for many Irish immigrants that came during the famine in Ireland. There were many gangs there as the movie portrays and the riots did indeed happen over forced conscription to the union army during the American Civil War. And the Civil War was a huge turning point in American history as nothing would be the same afterwards. Veterans would go west, the untamed plains and mountains would disappear, railways and factories would rise out of the ashes, industrialization would flourish and places like New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago would rise from general locals to giant industrial titans of the late 19th century.

This was not a true story in the depiction of a priest Vallon and revenge by his son. However all the other depictions were true in that there was a man named Butcher Bill, gangs called Dead Rabbits, Bowery Boys, Plug Uglies, and there was a draft riot at that time.

Rat Bating use to be a thing, and Terrier dogs were the most popular breed for doing that. but theres a specific breed called the “Rat Terrier” who was selectively bred to fight against Rats like that. also similarly, Bull Bating is where we got “Bulldogs” from. in those scenarios it would be multiple dogs against one bull.

Lincoln is one of my favorite movies with Daniel Day Lewis. This movie was great

Vegan movies you say? Attack of the killer tomatoes it is then

Legend Daniel Day Lewis

omg These girls are gonna have some pained looks, and right away ELLE says "particuliarly painful" HAHAH- THAT about sums up a lot of the violence

You should check out ‘Once upon A Time in America’ by Sergio Leone. Fantastic film set in New York in several eras with great music.

200K! congrats Homies!! 🏆

I read a book about the 5 points in NYC, and saw the movie, much of the movie is true..

Bill the Butcher was killed in a bar fight.

One of the last great films ever made, Scorsese wanted to make this film for many many years, it was his favorite book as a kid. Also this film is the one of the very very few films that ever mentions the Draft Riots that happen in the northern cities during the civil war. Baltimore as well as Detroit had them too, and they actually started in the Irish communities in the Pennsylvania mines

Watch Master and Commander 2003 with Russel Crowe please

we need way more content from you guys!! 3 films a month is nothing i inhale 3 films in 1 sitting :P there's sooooo many more great movies to watch i can't believe you haven't done steven spielberg's A.I yet! talk about a tear jerker

An 1800's "timepiece" was basically their version of an iPhone.

One of the best movies ever! So well made, and the acting is impeccible on every front. Also the dichotomy that the protagonist faces with the Butcher, who truly grows to love him as a son.

Watch Indian Blockbuster movie RRR

Hi, can you do a reaction to these movies please? Sad Movies: - a monster calls - Grave of the Fireflies - The Fountain - What Dreams May Come - Awakenings - The Fisher King Horror (but not in a bloody way): - The Babadook -The Shining - Hereditary - Jacobs Ladder - The Silence of the Lambs - It Follows Thank you!! Greetings from Germany

*Why You Guys Are Egnoring "RRR" Movie, It is Most Popular & Entertaining Movie Of 2022, YOU SHOULD React "RRR" MOVIE, It is the biggest action film to come out of India, it has won many awards like Golden Globes, Hollywood Critics Association Awards.* *And a song from this movie (Naatu Naatu), Has also Won an Oscar, and it will Blow up ur Views Count too....u will get lots of views ,u have never Imagine off) This Movie will Blow ur mind for sure.... It is Compilation of all the genres It has Action(like never seen Before), Drama, Emotional, a great Story line, and a Greatest dance of all time.*

Great movie, A jig doing a jig. Never look away,we all have to die might as well face death looking it right in the eyes. No Fear. The graveyard is potters field a island where the poor and unidentified are buried. Just a movie. Some facts but mostly fiction. Want an 80's gang movie watch Colors. It's based on the gang wars in Los Angeles in the late 70's and early 80's. It the bloods vs crips vs pee wees.

Daniel Day Lewis is a monster acting !

Bill is this movie.

I'm curious how ya'll are gonna condense this long @$$ story into 40 minutes. Here we go.

Yes it's based on a true story! The 5 points in new York City in the 19th century. The dead rabbits were a real Irish gang in nyc

Just so you guys know, the "friend" Johnny who Leo first talks to is the same actor who played the little boy in E.T., although after a quick Google search, I don't think you guys have seen that yet actually!

First time I watched this movie wasn't expecting it to be that good masterpiece especially the ending the little Easter egg how time flies and how time changes everything around us Leonardo DiCaprio did a phenomenal job in this movie Daniel Day-Lewis scariest effort ever ever scariest m*********** ever

The poster is Uncle Sam.

One of the most underrated Martin Scorsese movies

My favourite movie. I visited the set in Cinecittà in Rome, watched the premiere and watched it so many time. I even liked Cameron Diaz here! And the music, sounds and historical style. Wonderful movie. Great reaction

17:38 "To be hanged - broken society." Well, the last one to be broken on the wheel was in 1841 in Prussia.

Daniel Day Lewis is so overlooked!!

Do the angry birds movie reaction

Ladies. Yet another wonderful reaction from you. & to a favorite movie that never bores me no matter how many times I've seen it; that too few of my favorite reactors have reacted to, & that I was wondering if you guys would ever get to. I'm pleased you enjoyed it & thought it worth your while. Many of the main characters are fictional. Some though like "Bill the Butcher" are based on actual people that lived in that era, & interacting with historical characters like William Tweed (the man lamenting about "burying a lot of votes.") Even though some of the character's actions are exaggerated for the sake of the story, the story is set against actual historical events like the draft riots at the movie's climax. & many of the street gangs featured in the movie did exist & ran through NYC in that time. Yes Daniel Day-Lewis is a beast of an actor & he completely crushed this role. It's a shame he's retired from acting.

Greatest actor of all time-DDL

The area is called Times Square today.

the ships did not fire at the people on land

Neato! Love Martin Scorsese’s work.

Many of these people were real.

You calling me a chiseler?

Thanks for bringing this movie back to my attention. I remember seeing this as a kid.

What a lovely movie 🎥 😊. So good to be true, good reaction girls ❤

10:40 understatement 🙂

Speed (1994)

I lived three years in NYC and it hasn't changed that much. Mind you, my favourite Chinese resto was right there in the Bowery at the corner of Bayard.

Really, ending to this movie is incredibly epic

The graveyard is fictional, but they chose that spot because it overlooks Lower Manhattan which is where NYC was first founded and which also has had a dramatic change in architecture over the centuries.

The New York City draft riots (July 13-16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week,[3] were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of white working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots remain the largest civil and most racially charged urban disturbance in American history.[4] According to Toby Joyce, the riot represented a "civil war" inside the Irish community, in that "mostly Irish American rioters confronted police, [while] soldiers, and pro-war politicians ... were also to a considerable extent from the local Irish immigrant community."[5] President Abraham Lincoln diverted several regiments of militia and volunteer troops after the Battle of Gettysburg to control the city. The rioters were overwhelmingly Irish working-class men who did not want to fight in the Civil War and resented that wealthier men, who could afford to pay a $300 (equivalent to $6,600 in 2021[6] though a typical laborer's wage was between $1.00 and $2.00 a day in 1863[7][8]) commutation fee to hire a substitute, were spared from the draft.[9][10] Initially intended to express anger at the draft, the protests turned into a race riot, with white rioters attacking black people, in violence throughout the city. The official death toll was listed at either 119 or 120 individuals. Conditions in the city were such that Major General John E. Wool, commander of the Department of the East, said on July 16 that "Martial law ought to be proclaimed, but I have not a sufficient force to enforce it."[11] The military did not reach the city until the second day of rioting, by which time the mobs had ransacked or destroyed numerous public buildings, two Protestant churches, the homes of various abolitionists or sympathizers, many black homes, and the Colored Orphan Asylum at 44th Street and Fifth Avenue, which was burned to the ground.[12] The area's demographics changed as a result of the riot. Many black residents left Manhattan permanently with many moving to Brooklyn. By 1865, the black population had fallen below 11,000 for the first time since 1820.[12]

Between 1800 and 1910, density in urban Manhattan tripled from 200 to 600 people per hectare. Neighborhoods like Chinatown, the Lower East Side, and the East Village were significantly denser than the average, approaching 1,600 people per hectare. During the same time, floor area per person declined from 800 square feet per person to 270, with inhabitants of the Lower East Side averaging just 100 square feet per person. It was not uncommon for multi-generational families to squeeze into three-room apartments with no running water and windows only at one end. On top of this, these apartments often doubled as shops or factory space, with residents making clothes or preparing food to sell. Jacob Riis, a photographer and author of the groundbreaking How the Other Half Lives, led the charge to reform housing conditions by exposing the squalor of the Lower East Side. Under legislation beginning with the Tenement House Act of 1901, New York builders had to give up precious floor area to make way for vertical light and air shafts and to run water and sewage systems to every dwelling unit. Rooms and apartments were eventually given minimum size requirements - regulations that are now being reexamined in response to the shifting demands of contemporary household demographics, dwindling land to build upon, and rising costs.

6:10

6:10

6:10

6:10

The guy from the “I want you!” Poster is Uncle Sam. Also the nickname of U.S. President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant

I don't know if you guys take movie recommendations, but I would like to recommend you to watch "Fantastic M.r Fox".

According to etticket you are not supposed to kiss lady on the hand, only move your face to the proximity od the hand.

The movie is certainly based on real history but it takes many liberties with the true facts. The ships firing on NYC to quell the riots never happened.

You gotta watch A BRONX TALE if you haven't yet. It's a gem.

You should watch “bill the butcher tribute” after watching this. Goddamn

They were real gangs.

I recommend you see the Iron Giant, one of the best movies of my childhood 👌👌👌

Daniel Day Lewis now cobbles shoe,not acting.

I'm always cracked up by John C. Reilly being in Gangs of New York.

Lol oh my, so Ellie and Ms Moon Sugar are too shy to show their reaction to leos scard up bare chest. Ooohhh Leo hahaha

Just when u think Michelle couldn't get any more awesome, she puts on a cool hat 🔥👍🏿👍🏿

The movie is based on real ppl but with a Hollywood twist basically

The three hundred dollars to get out of the war is about eleven thousand american dollars today

Its based on a true story such as Bill the Butcher was an actual historic figure.

would have been a much better movie if the beginning had been the end

can yall do finding nemo if ya havent seen it yet :))

One of the best Movies with de Caprio.

Amazing spiderman 2 racction

ok.the HOMIES ARE HOTTIES !!!!

React indian movie hit RRR PLZZZZZ😮

2:10- it's who? Now wait a minute now.

Hi where are u from originally?

decent movie, the last shot is gold

Its about time somebody reacted