Gangs of NewYork (2002) | First Time Watching | FRR Movie Request

[@KillstormSH]

The range of Daniel Day Lewis is incredible.

[@Cobbido]

Cameron Diaz though? not so much!

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@Cobbido BUT it's OKAY! We can't all be DD-L!

[@frankcastle9991]

Dans best performance in my opinion. Never saw my left foot sooo.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@frankcastle9991 Do try! It's pretty Hardcore..inna' good way, i guess 😕

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

​@@Cobbido At least she's easy on the eyes

[@JauntyScarecrow]

The warring firefighters thing is actually pretty spot on. Before firefighters were a public institution they were basically protection rackets, gangs who would only fight fires if they were paid to, and they weren't above starting fires themselves, or looting. Everything in the movie is heightened a bit, with the possible exception of the draft riots which was a big event, but there's a lot of wild real history that gets briefly touched on.

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Look up Toronto firefighters vs clowns.🤡 I didn't think Canadas were as crazy as us Yanks.

[@muzzap21]

"In the name of the father" another must see Daniel Day Lewis one! 👌❤️

[@bourbonderben5362]

And congrats on the 10k fellas

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Appreciate it!!

[@enterthebruce91]

@@FriendRequestReviews Reaction request: Tokyo Vice seasons 1&2 on Max. A great Yakuza crime drama series loosely based on true events. Daniel Day Lewis's role as Bill The Butcher is iconic! Nice reaction! All the best from the other side of the pond 👊🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Damianzukowski-xi1nt]

@@FriendRequestReviews yo ,react Awakenings1990

[@corvuslight]

As far as historical accuracy, you might be surprised as to how much this movie gets right. For some awesome Irish Mafia movie action, check out Miller's Crossing by the Coen brothers...

[@Evan-lr8nq]

The Dead Rabbits riot 1857 was a real thing. They fought the Bowery Boys and Atlantic Guards in The Bowery.

[@bourbonderben5362]

DDL is by far my of my favorite actors. Dude dives into every single role he plays

[@Jlastinger88]

Daniel Day Lewis is the GOAT

[@marcosgarcia25]

Bringing that heat so early in the afternoon. 💯💯💯 Boardwalk Empire!!!!!

[@mak11stack11]

@@marcosgarcia25 yes sirrrrr

[@react2reactions246]

Ooh I would love to see them react to Boardwalk Empire. That show is right up their alley.

[@enterthebruce91]

​@@react2reactions246My current all time top ten TV series ever: 1. The Wire/Boardwalk Empire 2. Banshee 3. Rome 4. Tokyo Vice 5. The Night Of 6. Sharp Objects 7. Band Of Brothers 8. Top Boy 9. Succession 10. Breaking Bad Currently watching The Sopranos for the 1st time, enjoying it so far!

[@Rusty_Hill]

Yes yes yes, BE for sure!

[@georgeprchal3924]

Bill throwing the cleaver in Monk's back, "That was the minority vote." Such a cold line.

[@JTD2001]

Goated movie, Daniel Day Lewis took this to another level

[@dawicked2k8]

DiCaprio characters name was Amsterdam, New York was called "New Amsterdam" before it became New York

[@Kronicdice23]

That shit with the fire brigades that’s real shit too that went down like that😂

[@Saint_of_Devils]

Apparently Day Lewis is actually terrifyingly good and extremely accurate with a knife in real life.

[@RobertMorgan]

He made a lot of his own knives for this movie. There's one shot I remember in this when he clearly threatens someone with a knife made from an old file, which was common in that time period, files are made from extremely tough steel and make very durable knives.

[@Selouik]

bangers after bangers lately frr

[@vaporsaver]

John C. Reilly was actually in a lot of dramas, serious actor before he blew up with comedies.

[@barzontus]

He was awesome in boogie nights and magnolia

[@lordofthereels6790]

Scorsese's entire filmography is well worth a watch. While every movie he's made isn't masterpiece worthy they're all at least entertaining. At his least best he's probably the most experimental too.

[@cubansaiyan9102]

King of New York needs to be added to the List of Reactions. It’s right up there with New York Movies

[@react2reactions246]

Boardwalk Empire is all about Atlantic City, NJ being an outlaw town during Prohibition, including the eccentric political boss, and the origins of the mob, Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, etc. And Michael Kenneth Williams playing another iconic character, Chalky White. It’s right up you guys’ alley, and I highly recommend you guys react to it.

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

There's definitely some connection NYC with Arnold Rothstien.

[@react2reactions246]

@@musicaleuphoria8699 for sure

[@redted12345]

You guys are on a roll! Bill the Butcher is a character you don’t forget.

[@react2reactions246]

Don’t think this is just made up for the movies; this is NYC history. Right down to the firefighter squads brawling over who got to put out the fires. Tammany Hall, the Democrat machine, ballot stuffing and beatdowns at the ballot boxes, the Irish and nativist gangs, 100 round bare knuckle boxing (yes, the rounds were short), pickpockets and confidence men, the Draft Riots, cops being hit with bricks from rooftops, billy clubs breaking skulls, and the cavalry firing into the crowds. This stuff shaped what NYC would become, attitudes and culture. And this movie did a great job portraying it.

[@GeneralZodFDNY77]

My boys. Congrats on 10K. Glad to be riding with y'all.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Just for fun, every year of New York history covered in Martin Scorsese films: 1846, 1862, 1870s, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1945 (again), 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1987 (again), 1988, 1989, 1989 (again), 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000. Not counting his producer and consultant role for Boardwalk Empire, which covered the 1920s and '30s. The man loves his topic.

[@anomiemnemonical578]

That's crazy. Didn't even realize he made that many films, not to mention so many set in NY.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

@@anomiemnemonical578 Most of them are multi-year, so that's why it looks like so much. But yeah, the man loves his city.

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Also the discontinued HBO show Vinyl which covered the NY music scene in the 1970s and flashbacks to the 1960s.

[@ChrisMorganComedy]

His best friend is Elliot from E.T.

[@LaCheeserie]

Haunting of Hill House

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

I've watched this movie so many times and never noticed.

[@romie426]

Great movie boys! I saw it in the theater when it came out . DDL and Leo together was a match made in heaven

[@censortube8662]

"Looking like a Bloodborne character" 🤣

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Woulda loved Daniel Day Lewis to voice a badass FromSoftware character.

[@DomLab-g2n]

I can smell the winter and pines from that opening scene

[@muzzap21]

"Tommy from snatch" I'll have you know that's Combo from "This is England" gotta see that boys! 👌❤️ And the following series!

[@JspekRex]

I b saying randomly in my house “F DOUBLE R F DOUBLE R” and my girl be getting mad asking me “wtf are you saying???”

[@FriendRequestReviews]

lol you gotta put her on Fam!

[@JspekRex]

@@FriendRequestReviews hahaha I tried my G, but she only wanna watch real housewives typa shit. Lmao now that I think about it, that could be a new frontier for you boys. I bet yal would grow yals female fan base. Just go ahead and hire me as your marketing manager 💯 😎

[@taneshah.1260]

​@@JspekRexEww, please no.

[@JspekRex]

@@taneshah.1260 lmao it’s a joke obv

[@FriendRequestReviews]

@JspekRex Baddies Caribbean coming soon lmao

[@ryanmclaughlin5062]

You guys should watch boardwalk empire

[@Natedawgg84]

They should! I was pissed off when that wack azz Succession poll won over Boardwalk Empire. 🙄

[@hanson666999]

75th round. There were boxing matches back then that lasted over 110 rounds. Great reaction lads. Glad you enjoyed the movie.

[@EyeHateHope]

Another great reaction, boys! Hello from the East Bay ✌

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Hello there!

[@Masihiun-sahraallibya]

Dead Rabbits came from a misheard use of Irish "dehd ranbet" which meant "big oaf". The same is true of kids trying to submit each other and using the term "say uncle!" It was an irish word for protection "anacol."

[@WakeMeSoon]

another DDL movie worth watching...The Last of the Mohicans. End of.

[@shooter_My_Dula]

🔥 🔥🔥🔥, ok ok we back!

[@Julia-sj1yr]

Literally giddy to watch your reaction to this. I love that you watched There Will be Blood first, so you know what to expect from DDL; a terrifyingly great performance

[@peterengelen2794]

Watch ''In the Name of the Father'' (1993) with Daniel Day-Lewis, it's my no.1 favorite performance of him, and one of my all time favorite movies.

[@daynaram381]

Ayeee, greetings from The Bay!! Great review!! 💙💛

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@Evan-lr8nq]

I ran a D&D story set in this version of NY city. It was a blast.

[@joshoberg9797]

Enjoying your content Gentlemen, keep 'em coming.

[@mobiusbelts3607]

Good job, Michael.

[@tonygourdine512]

Daniel Day Lewis movie to watch is " Last of the Mohegans ." A classic, I think he won the Academy Award for this performance ! Also, " Lincoln ."

[@obscillesk]

There's some great lines in this but that 'WHO IS THIS BENEATH MY KNIFE' hits so hard for me

[@Cobbido]

Irish were really despised in a lot of places. Viewed as sub-humans of a bad lineage. This movie takes place not long after the potato famine, which was essentially a pseudo-genocide, or perhaps not so "pseudo" considering various enactments by the British worsening the situation tenfold.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

American immigration politics has not changed much either Except now Irish are considered white and it's only brown people who are viewed as parasitical vermin.

[@DickyDer1]

In the name of the father starring Daniel Day Lewis is a must watch.

[@corleone908]

Damn y’all really never gonna do Donnie brasco

[@mak11stack11]

😂😂😂 dam

[@bigw725]

daniel day lewis is just astounding

[@Tonyrayyt]

"Woody Harrelson", 😂🤣😂 Great improv reaction!

[@elmerkilred159]

Boxing matches before the late 1800s were not considered a sport, so the rules were a lot different. Boxing matches were considered too brutal for a public even so they occurred in private pubic places. like ships, warehouses, saloons. Boxing matches were bare knuckle boxing, and they went on as long as it took for a boxer to be beaten. There were no breaks when a boxer hit the floor. A boxer could continue to pummel his opponent after a slip, fall, or being knocked to the ground. Fighting in general was considered brutal because breaking a bone before modern hospitals were invented could mean a slow death for a person. It wasn't discovered until the 1860s that washing your hands before treating a wound prevented cuts, gouges, and other injuries from becoming infected, turning gangrene, and ending someone's life.

[@LaCheeserie]

They need to go for entire DDL catalog.

[@RobertMorgan]

Daniel Day Lewis had his eye removed to better understand his character, such commitment.

[@tenjed4224]

The ground where the main focus of this street battle was, is where the State and Federal courthouses are now, in lower Manhattan. They encompass one of the burial grounds for slaves in NY. In fact, as was shown in the movie, that was once the most dillapidated area of Manhattan. But it was also the most occupied, as very few lived above 14th street. The impoverished were left to build houses/apartments over the bodies of slaves. This was re-told as NY discovered slave burial plots throughout lower Manhattan. The work in re-doing Federal Plaza was halted as the remains of those discovered were categorized and sent to Howard Univeristy for additional research. Then a ceremony was put on by the City of NY to re-inter the remains. A plaque indicates it by Duane st.

[@HD00957]

Daniel Day-Lewis' best acting ever happens here... This and the monologue from THE CRUCIBLE...

[@frankcastle9991]

Bill was a real person. William Poole .

[@taneshah.1260]

Yeah, this was a great movie. I feel what Formal was saying, this could've easily been a mini-series or something.

[@jorgeglenio2411]

Here I am, once again, humbly requesting a reaction to "The Gentleman". Thanks for the video btw, always great reactions.

[@HD00957]

Don't sleep on the old school gangs... man been getting busy for a long time.. 🔥🔥

[@mike7146]

Love you cats and the movie reactions 💯

[@johnholmeswebb8162]

This movie is THE SHIT!!

[@napakapa1046]

Fire brigades were closer to a protection racket, where opposing brigades would race to extort the poor person who wasnt already under their "insurance plan". They would fight to claim the customer if they arrived at the same time, all while adjoining buildings would gradually get more likely to also catch alight.

[@bugvswindshield]

Dead Rabbits comes from the old country, dee rabi or something like that. It was Irish slang for Very bad Boys. As time went on it got americanized to Dead Rabbits.

[@BUKUDI]

Only after you've seen 2 DDL movies do you realize his quality. Cause of how different his characters are. He's not like most actors who just play themselves in everything. Too bad he retired but getting just Plainview & Cutting is already more than any most any other modern actor could give us in a lifetime honestly. Scorsese was on point here too. Then with his The Departed & Boardwalk Empire. His last really strong period & he probably shoulda retired then too heheh

[@NJAsmodeus1]

Never saw this as a good “reaction” movie, but always happy to know someone has discovered the movie.

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Hopefully you enjoyed!

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Whatsa "good" "reaction" flick, then?

[@anomiemnemonical578]

Great film.

[@Natedawgg84]

Enjoyed yall reaction to one of my favorite movies Gangs of New York. The irony here is that Daniel Day Lewis won Best Actor Oscar for playing Abraham Lincoln, yet his Bill the butcher character hates Lincoln. 😂 Most of this movie was based on true events. Martin Scorsese put in years of research for Gangs of New York. Boardwalk Empire is a MUST see period piece HBO gangsta series set in Atlantic City, NJ during the 1920's. Martin Scorsese and Malk Wahlberg are the producers. Steve Buscemi gives the best performance of his career in Boardwalk Empire as gangster/businessman Nucky Thompson who runs Atlantic City.

[@toastnjam7384]

There was no city Fire brigades back then. They were private fraternal organizations and the brigade that would put out the fire got paid by the insurance co.

[@frankcastle9991]

◀️ Bills eyeball. Great Movie fellas.

[@blakemcelrath54]

As the descendant of Irish slaves I love how this movie shows how hard the Irish had it went we got here. And Bill the Butcher is a representation of the Northern Democrats that didn't want Blacks or the Irish.

[@WakeMeSoon]

fun flick

[@johnholmeswebb8162]

John C Reily started off as a serious actor, he got into comedy later. Yall saw him in Boogey nights.

[@BLaCkKsHeEp]

Fun fact: This is based on true events. when they had the riot and the soldiers came. had to do a little digging because my history is cloudy but that was the events of the "New York City Draft Riots" another fun fact: before the Marquess of Queensberry boxing rules were adopted, boxing had no round limit. you fight till one guy falls. of course, underground/unsanctioned fights dont bother with these rules.

[@whoknowswhocares885]

36:40 Formal bein evil

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Deep down, I'ma Teddy Bear

[@cbogolo]

Liam Neeson's least appreciated role is in the movie Next of kin with Patrick Swayze where his character is from the mountains of Kentucky

[@steel_blizzard]

Great reaction as always. Y'all should watch "The death of Stalin" it's a British comedy funny as hell.

[@carmichaelking3338]

I think you guys would like the Last Kingdom series. Has a similar aspect to the being taken under the wing of your enemy

[@RobertMorgan]

I think that's the motto that describes MANY of the most horrible things that have happened worldwide over the last century: The appearance of the law must be upheld, at all costs.

[@Jimbow-sz9kh]

Now Daniel Day Lewis is making shoes in NYC.. i kid you not. Since he stepped back he became a literal cobbler.. usually i see famous do stuff like that and think "they finally lost it" or they're trynna reinvent their image. But nope. Daniel is just one of those actual "artists" that comes around, graces the world with his work and then peaces out when he feels he's done his job

[@frederickmiles8815]

Just like they did with JFK, whole world watched, while the appearance of law was upheld.

[@seanstinchfield-mp2xm]

Today B. 😂 thanks to y’all I will never be able to see that scene the same again!!!

[@FriendRequestReviews]

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[@d4mdcykey]

As I sit here in my 60's, looking back on a previous life full of stupid decisions and a sustained, regularly fed life of rage and violence (for reasons I still do not understand or justify), this film really hit home. Obviously nothing I experienced was to the degree of this movie, those were an entirely different breed of human beings, however I can tell you fighting a man with a blade is VERY different in all ways from using a firearm or fists or anything else. You can smell them, you can clearly see into their eyes, you can hear them breathing, you can feel their body heat. And when the blade cuts or penetrates it does something to your autonomic nervous system that nothing else does, whether you are the one bleeding, or they are, and once that floods into your system everything else around you stops. It is brutal, it is ugly, it is even sickeningly intimate in a bizarre way. Your body revolts but your lizard brain wants more, and more, and more until they are down or you are finished. Over those years I lost two junks out of my hand, I was in hospital four times, bleeding out, I had a total of 71 stitches, and I have nerve damage to the right side of my face. To this day, even though all that is far behind me and I abhor violence, if I smell blood it all comes back, that archaic part of my brain wakes up and I am both disgusted and confused, but I cannot claim it is not there. Treat your fellow humans properly and with respect, people, because at some point these regrets will eat you alive from the inside. It is not glory, it is not 'tough', it is a flaw of the human condition.

[@nadronnocojr]

True story. My grand dad was there

[@markmccollough1017]

Pretty good period movie. They probably could have cut out or shortened a few scenes to tighten it up, but if that's the worse that can be said about a movie it's all good. Should check out Boondock Saints. A rough around the edges Gangster movie with a bit of an Irish theme and a bunch of quotable lines and a few unforgettable scenes.

[@Zseventyone]

Did y’all catch what the “All sorts” was?

[@cbogolo]

These were legit gangs and the origins of street gangs in America. Al capone was even in a 5 points gang when he grew up

[@kevinslayzak1214]

Excellent movie..The Patriot w Mel Gibson is good too 🇺🇸✌️

[@cryptocat9712]

Yo def check out Daniel Day in " Last of the Mohicans" another awesome movie and great performance by DD!!!

[@kahlbutomacfarland]

Funny Formal mentioned this as a series because for me, this is the closest thing in tone I know of I would make a Red Dead show like. Theme I don’t see many talk about that hits me the hardest is that at the end they show the futility of Bill and Amsterdam’s conflict. While we bicker over bs, hatred, prejudice the rich eat off of us and gun us down the instant we lose a threat. Back then though, things could and did happen when the poor rose up. Always felt like a tragically missed opportunity in history (not this specific story since it’s mostly fictional, but there are many like it). Ps: Privatized public service at its best, literally, with the “firefighters”. And yeah, it’s true. No cost to the tax payers lol, they loot their cut. More DDL recs: In the Name of the Father, Last of the Mohicans come to mind

[@LaCheeserie]

10k, now let’s get 20 And Formal, those look just like glasses from EBD Yokote. But I could wrong

[@FriendRequestReviews]

nah I got these off of Zenni Optical lol

[@LaCheeserie]

@@FriendRequestReviews 🫡 still rocking em sir. Probably same supplier lol

[@rosemarywatson1231]

I liked Daniel Lewis in this but not the movie over all. There Will Be Blood is good too. Have you guys seen Out Of Sight.

[@FriendRequestReviews]

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[@rosemarywatson1231]

@@FriendRequestReviews Check it out. George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Luis Guzman, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Isaiah Washington. Viola Davis. It's good.

[@champagnebulge1]

ha yes that's a swipe right or swipe left for the 19th century!

[@86leewis]

Oh shit, that is DeAngelo

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Yup

[@clarencebeeks4978]

The draft riots were very real. New York City draft riots Jul 11, 1863 - Jul 16, 1863

[@Sebomai-b8i]

Yall should check out Black Mass its about Whitey Bulger and the Irish Winterhill Gang out of Boston. Johnny Depp as Whitey.

[@unc54]

I would say it's historical fiction with a surprising amount of accuracy given to the people, organizations, and the setting. Also, yeah Miramax is founded by Harvey Weinstein which really sucks because a lot of good movies came from them.

[@popandroid]

...what happened to Godfather II??...

[@FriendRequestReviews]

Be patient if you requested it, it will come

[@MrXbloodline]

To me, this is American real history

[@vanessapinheiro7516]

guys react elite squad pliss

[@5to522]

"these are the original Crips" 🤣🤣🤣I can't stand you

[@dallesamllhals9161]

42:04 REALLY? PS ..gotta' ♥ fire-FIGHTERS! Not against something burning...but... 😐

[@KristyMcCall-w1w]

Maritza River

[@cbogolo]

You have to watch the last of the Mohicans