So glad the swears were bleeped out! I was showing my toddler a man getting knifed to death and I didn't want him hearing any profanity!

Where are we as a society when we can see a guy get shot 10 times and another get stabbed 3 times but the S word has to bleeped out?

Everything in the scene is so powerful, but man. The hand's embrace until the end, is something out of the world

Daniel will go down as one of the greatest actors of all time..

Daniel Day-Lewis was so committed to this scene, that he allowed DiCaprio to stab him in the liver.

We all know Daniel won 3 Best Actor Oscar's during his career but his performance in Gangs was right up there with any of his wins. That and "Stay alive.....I will find you!"

His whole life for that moment when he killed the butcher, probably didn’t feel as good as he thought it would.

Bill The Butcher was rocking the very first du rag lol

Daniel Day-Lewis has been, hands down, one of the finest actors of all time. The way he seamlessly goes from surprise, to shock, to visible sadness, to just sheer wit and sarcasm in his final words (to hide this disappointment in how he perceives everything he believed in having gone to Hell around him, and just preferring to allow himself be finished by his enemy instead to avoid the shame)… he will be sorely missed in the acting world, but, the way things are, it was probably for his own good…

The last scene was a crazy refocus that I didnt expect. The last battle when Bill and Amsterdam realize that all is lost and their version of NY is destroyed and will never be the same.

Day-Lewis should have won (just nominated) the Oscar for that year for this role.

It almost seems at the end when Bill sees both sides of the gangs helping each other's wounded, it completely defeats him. As if he understands finally that there are no real differences, just people trying to survive, and when a greater threat emerges those rivalries are insignificant and quickly put aside so everyone can pull together. It goes against everything he fought for especially when its the Americans own government that was the greater threat. In the end, the Irish he despised so much helped his own Natives without hesitation and vice versa.

This is the prequel to Titanic, right?

At 1:31 you see Bill obviously holding a knife. With what we saw earlier in the movie that he is capable of, it's safe to assume he could have gotten Amsterdam first, but chose not to. As if he took one look around him seconds prior, and thought to himself that he didn't want to be a part of this anymore, and just let Amsterdam take his life. Little attention to detail like that is what makes this movie one of the best.

I never wanted Daniel Day lewis to die so bad. Such an amazing bad guy in this movie, man so violent but so awesome

In Bill's earlier monologue with Vallon, he talks about surviving an encounter with the Priest where, before the Priest could kill him, Bill looks away, and the Priest, being "a great man," allows him to live so that he would live in shame. This was a defining moment for Bill, and even though Bill cut out his own eye, sending it to the Priest before finally killing him, you get the sense that his shame never left him. Where he had hoped for absolution, he wound up with only grief and shame after killing such an honorable man. Then, in this scene where Vallon exacts his own revenge, we see Bill's body turn over abruptly so that he can face his killer as he dies. This is the absolution that Bill sought, and it is granted to him. What we are not shown is whether it was Vallon or Bill himself who takes this action of turning his body over. It's an interesting way of both granting Bill the agency of ridding himself of the burden of shame and granting Vallon one final gesture of allowing his enemy to die honorably. If we can't determine who actually took the action, then it is up to us, in which case we can assume both actions have taken place. The type of filmmaking that gives you relatable villains who have complex relationships with the heroes, where there is grey area between hero and villain, is great at evoking strong, conflicting emotions as the action reaches a conclusion that raises more questions than it answers. Incredible acting and directing at work here.

Man, they really went all out in the West side story remake.

These guys came back from Gettysburg, they won't take anymore shit.

This is actually how a standard Tuesday in San Francisco looks today.

This was a weird movie. I loved it. Everyone's performance was terrific.

Irony is that the man that killed his father- became a father figure to the man himself…

It's a shame Daniel Day Lewis isn't acting anymore. he's that kind of actor who always delivers a fantastic role, maybe even comparable to Marlon Brando.

Someone needs to write a script to lure Mr. Lewis back into acting. Were being robbed of this mans talent.

Always bugged me in this movie how we nearly had another giant gang battle but then the canons interrupted it all

The civil strife interrupting the fight was a bit of a bummer. Really wanted to see the Dead Rabbits put a hurt on the Bowery Boys.

The wonderful thing about this movie is how it frames historical events. Just like people at the time, we are swayed one way or another to see who is good or bad based on the lens we view it from. In the movie we're seeing the triumph of a young hero against a personification of evil, while the government uses terrible force to end the time and bring in a new era. Today we have the blessing of being able to see things through a historical frame, and can often see that everyone involved was a scumbag being put down. This is nothing new in film and stories, but this move deliberately plays with our viewpoint in a way that is symbolic to people at the time, and I think it's kind of rare to be pulled off so successfully.

Amazing scene. Bill was kind of a father to Amsterdam. The way he held his hand as he died speaks of a kinship.

The fact that this movie is 20 years old floors me

Bill clutched Vallon's hand because he felt that he wronged him and his family. From another perspective, he was also passing on the baton of the passion and ferocity he had in defending the way of life to Vallon

He allowed young Vallon to be the one who killed him. He gave him the vengeance he wanted. Bill could’ve easily killed him. He was defeated by external influences that overpowered them and rather than live under it he’d rather die. Respect.

He grabs his hand at the end like he was his only friend. DDL is so freaking good.

In the edited version the blood spray from Bill is cut out so all of the sudden Leo is just covered in blood for no reason. LOL!

Very bloody and ruthless gang fighting in this movie.

Those same troops just came back from Gettysburg. They in the mood for zero shit.

Gangs of New York is so underrated. Daniel Day-Lewis made DiCaprio look like a B actor

The directing in this movie is really really good & the cast just as good. That being said, Daniel Day Lewis killed every single scene he was in, brilliant. His acting was really really good too….

He didn’t even block Bill from stabbing him. He grabbed him by the bicep. Maybe that was supposed to mean something I guess.

As always, I thank KZfaq for censoring a swear word just after showing someone having their head blown off.

Such a great movie.

Back in the day when it was safer to walk the streets of New York.

The Warriors would have kicked all their asses.

One of my favourite films Marty Scorcese and DDL doing period pieces and Leo did pretty good too.

Never understood how William Poole could hate legal immigrants yet his parents were legal immigrants.

The real 'bill the butcher' was shot in the heart where the bullet stayed till he died a few days later. Even the doctors said it was unnatural to live that long with a bullet in the heart. His last words really were , goodbye bhoy's I die a true American. Shang draper Hellcat Maggie Happy jack Mike mcgloin Monk mcginn/ based on monk eastman All real people as are a lot of the characters in this film.they just took a lot of liberties with with time periods.

loved the way he let him take his revenge.great movie

Daniel Day Lewis is AMAZING in this movie!!!!! My favorite part,"The Time Lapse"from the grave showing how New York changed over time.I'm soo glad Cameron Diaz returned to acting,she's a personal favorite and she has been missed by many...

Sometimes your true enemy knows you better than your closest friend

Is Bill (the fictionalised version in this movie) really that tough? The entire movie everyone he takes down is either sticking a knife in them from behind or else getting his goons to soften them off first, the only fair fight he mentioned was the one prior to the movie with Priest where he was beaten almost to death.

Bill was already dead from that wound,it was more a "come full circle thing" having Amsterdam finish him in a similar manner that Bill finished Priest Vallon years earlier.

Amsterdam 20 years later with a picture of Bill the Butcher on the mantle…”This was a great man, this Bill the Butcher”

Would have been badass if after Amsterdam pulls the blade out, Bill says "That's a kill".

Leo's face at 1:01 versus 1:16 - what happened? did he furiously rub his face in the ground for 15 seconds?

Daniel Day Lewis is without a doubt the best actor in the world.

That bleep is one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I’ve ever seen given the context

And this is why we have Thanksgiving.

Daniel Day Lewis is one of the best actors ever, very possibly THE best. So much range

a seriously underrated epic. some day, may be 100 years from now, we'll recognize it for what it is.

Not putting down Adrien Brody’s performance in the Pianist but DDL was robbed of the the Best Actor Oscar. This was possibly the greatest performance of his career.

Dam I’m gonna have to go watch whole film again

Binge Society Logic Show Man getting shot to hell. Show another man go limp as he’s repeatedly rifle butted to death. Censor swear words……

0:01 This guy (being on the side of Bill and always being petty towards Johnny) is stupid to think he could take out a whole firing squad by himself.

Footage of when martial law was first declared.

You'd think a high-budget production with such attention to detail could afford some decent-looking blood to squirt out of Bill, but noooooo...

The End is very sad !!! But very brave Fighters !!!

Look at these guys being massacred. Check out all of that blood squirting out of them. That one guy has a sharp object impaled right in his abdomen and is clearly in pain. Some other guy, he starts hacking and slashing and gets stabbed repeatedly. Man, this is perfect. Wait. Wait one second. YOU BETTER BLEEP OUT THAT F***ING CURSE WORD! Why the f*** would you even put that in this show?!?!?! Can you imagine if some kid watched this and learned a swear word! They’d be f***ing traumatized! *KZfaq*

and we wonder why there's so much violence in real life?

Whoa. Just watched this why In This Shirt by the Irrepressibles was playing it it goes along perfectly and just as good as it does for any of the "It's not just a game" vids

That thumbnail is the stuff of nightmares.

It was one hell scary movie for my childhood days.

Who’s drinkin’ a milkshake NOW?!

In the end, they found out they were friends all along

Someone needs to make a full mashed up version of this movie and far and away

And those Union soldiers were fresh from the battle of Gettysburg.

The movie was to teach a lesson and yet all of our society only focuses on the violence and thinks that's how you solve problems

Leo always has to do that ridiculous scream of his in every single movie he's in.

There were/are characters like this in Northern Ireland, the real life version is more evil. Still possessed by an obsession with ancient rivalries and old history involving long dead popes and foreign kings. Blind to the enormous similarity between them and the one they hate.

Unquestionably one of the greatest 'historical-type' Movies EVER made! Like all others, they probably took several liberties to increase the atmosphere, drama, etc....but it's a helluva entertaining ride with some flawless acting by the Cast. Daniel & Leo should've both gotten Oscars!!

Fun fact: Robert De Niro was actually considered to play the role of the butcher before DDL agreed to it.

That spray was everything

The cast and film totally brilliant

The ending of this movie is just so goddamn beautiful.

I rooted for Bill the Butcher.

Daniel Day-Lewis method acting was so great that he doesnt even know his real identity any more. Thats why he retired, to find who he really is.

he knew that the old way was over

As emotional and deep this scene was I honestly hated it I really wanted an actual fight between Amsterdam and Bill that stab Amsterdam got in at the end wasn’t enough for me

That's some good stabbin right there

seems like Bill spared him, with still a stronghold of the long knife in his hand, holding it strong even after having fallen.

Nothing like a good dust up.

I loved the movie for the acting the script and the multiplicity of issues. The buthcher said he was true american , the migrant irish proved he was worth in the land of yankees and the soldiers who fought the arson were americans ... the development and acceptance of a population in a country where none are originally from there. I loved the movie .

Well this was fiery but mostly peaceful...

Shouldn't have called him a chizzler

The guy charging the soldiers always confused me. Seems like a really dramatic touch that should have happened entirely before the climax of the film. Instead it’s intercut, and it just takes away from the end. Plus, it’s not really a character we care about or whose motivation is clear. People who don’t want to be drafted generally aren’t willing to die for the cause, that’s kind of the point, they just wanted to be left alone.

Daniel Day Lewis and his American accents. Using Deniro/Pacino for this, John Huston for There Will Be Blood, and Walter Brennan for Lincoln. Always wanted to hear him do a character with a Robert Shaw Jaws/Sting voice.

I fought the law and the law won - This was the Kill Bill moment - Di Caprio looked like something out of the Spiders From Mars tour - Daniel Day Lewis was out acting everyone as the funny psycho butcher villain.

Leo looks just like the kid who played a younger him on this film. The child actor was great n had same demeanor.

Bellissimo finale di un gran bel film di Martin Scorsese. Bravissimi protagonisti. Bellissima colonna sonora

This was such a good movie with a terrible ending. All that build up for the final battle and it comes down to an explosion killing almost everyone. Bill holding his hand at the end was a nice touch though.

Exactly how it should have gone down in Portland

Why did Leonardo kill abe lincoln?

One of the most brutal movies ever. Sad commentary on the human race.