Gangs of New York | Bill The Butcher Kills Walter McGinn and breaks the fourth wall

Bill’s a pussy

Bill: I'm your huckleberry.

A reenactment of course

Ruthless! 😂

Hilarious cuz upon first viewing of this movie I thought the same thing then I realized he was talking to someone

Bill the Butcher: Gets mad at Amsterdam for trying to kill him "like a sneak-thief...instead of fighting like a man!"

Also Bill the Butcher: Kills McGinn when his back is turned.

You cannot communicate with wild beasts

he didn't break the fourth wall. he was speaking to the company in Walter's shop

He’s not breaking fourth wall here. You clearly see people in the barber shop.

Abe Lincoln was a menace

At least Bill the Butcher knew how many notches he had. “Why don’t you burn him and see if his ashes turn green.”🤣🤣🤣

This is absolutely sickening, turns his back on Bill

there you are nudge 45 You Irish ************, wierd thing to hear right before your death 😂😂😂

That’s when you realized he feared the change that was coming he knew he had nothing else to lose so killing monk was just one of those things he had to do to desperately stop the change that was about to happen in 5 points. He did say fear was leading him. Fear is what made him survive up until that point

I've tried his mutton, it's undercooked.

This ultimately shows that Bill is a coward. He spouts nonsense about "ancient laws of combat" and "fighting like a man", but when he knows he can't beat someone fair, he'll happily pull a cheap shot.

Never turn your back on anyone

Totally didn’t realize til I saw the caption of this, but he definitely does look right at the audience and say that shit lol damn it. He really is a cartoony ass character.

Interesting choice of shot here

There is no 4th wall broken in this scene at all.

Never turn your back on an armed man.

By far the greatest actor of his generation. Just a shame we never got to see more of him

I think Bill attacked Monk from behind out of fear. Monk had earned a pretty fearsome reputation.

Bill might have beaten him in a straight up fight, but he didn’t want to risk it. He also probably assumed he wouldn’t walk away uninjured. That, plus the fact he wasn’t dressed to fight, suggests he was going to stab him in the back no matter what.

Rule #1: Never turn your back to Bill the Butcher.

Rule #2: If you broke Rule #1, then you’re already dead.

Beautiful scene 😂 ❤

Bill was a broken man by this point in the movie. He was no longer relevant, no longer truly feared as he was earlier on in his life. And he understood he was no longer relevant and belonged to the old world and not the new one

Being totally committed to his craft and character, Daniel Day Lewis actually murdered fellow actor Brendan Gleeson in this scene. Amazing. Perhaps the greatest actor of our era.

There is a scary gangster lesson here:

If you are going to sink an axe into someone’s back (when the other person feels safe) it’s not cowardly just as long as:

1) Quip saying “that my friends in the minority vote”

2) Use your victims weapon to finish them off and make sure to show them before it comes.

3) Coldly quip again “why don’t you burn him. See if his ashes turned green.” Tip your hat.

DDL does so the well I would be nervous to be around him off the set. After all the guy did have a reputation for staying in role off camera. Don’t think I would be asking him to chop wood for my fireplace any time soon.

He didn't break the 4th wall. He was talking to the people in the barbershop. Have you seen the movie?

Never underestimate the cheapest of moves out of your enemy.

Mob violence is democracy

Bill is my favorite character in the movie.

The best auror the ministry has come on😢😢

He's clearly speaking to the people in the barber shop, this isn't a fourth wall break.

In the directors cut the general hits Tom cruise in the back of the head with a shellalegh and marks a notch into the handle.

I hated Day Lewis in this.

All things aside, the man literally stood over him as he is dying and his forever last memories will be Bill making the 45th notch letting him know that it will go down as the final notch representing not Bill but his own self. Now that’s cold.

Poor movie. Poor casting. Poor directing. Poor script.

“Why don’t you burn him see if his ashes turn green “…classic

I always felt like Monk was afraid of Bill from how that scene went down. Monk of all people should have known ain't no reasoning with Bill and should have known to NEVER turn your back on a shifty, murderous Bastard like the Butcher. What was he thinking?

He couldn't have taken Monk in a fair fight.

Everyone likes to think this means something. It doesn't.

This is what Donald Trump is going to do to Joe Biden in 2024. Just watch. Mark my words.

You need to look up what "breaking the forth wall" actually means.

Nor breaking fourth wall talking to people in the building

Man that glass sure was brittle. He barely touched it and shattered into a million pieces

you know you got some power when you just knife, then club someone to death in broad daylight with dozens of witnesses

He loses all respect for the backstab - classic coward play.

It's not called "the minority vote"... it's called: never turn your back on your enemy 👍🏼 Daniel Day-Lewis is a god. Great acting sir