Kevin Costner is idealistic federal agent Eliot Ness, whose assignment to clean up Prohibition-era Chicago leads to violence and many questions about upholding the law. Initially powerless to stop the flow of booze into the city (the police force is corrupt and everyone in town seems to be on the mob's payroll), Ness finds guidance from an older streetwise cop (Sean Connery, who won an Academy Award for this role) who convinces him he'll need to break some rules if he wants to bring down head mobster Al Capone (Robert De Niro). Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith play Ness's other recruits,... who together must stand tall against a city full of assassins. Director Brian De Palma (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) packs the film with violence and creative camera movements while David Mamet's intelligent script capably dodges cliche at every turn. There's a real sense of what's at stake for these characters on a personal level, which contrasts nicely with the futility inherent in enforcing Prohibition in the first place. The film is based on the autobiographical book by Ness (cowritten with Oscar Fraley) and the 1959-63 TV series; Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY) composed the uninhibitedly bombastic score.
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Untouchables, The Brian De Palma's slick prohibition thriller. The excellent cast boasts Robert De Niro as the thunderingly mad Al Capone and Sean Connery as the lovably world weary cop out to get him. Also stars Kevin Costner
Another milestone marking the decline of De Palma. The Untouchables is a perfectly adequate Hollywood movie, even classy and entertaining at times, but, despite De Palma's brilliant set piece which reworks the Odessa steps sequence from Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, this is disappointing stuff considering he's the director of Blow Out and Body Double.
Costner is law man Eliot Ness, who assembles a team to give Al Capone & Co a good...
Another milestone marking the decline of De Palma. The Untouchables is a perfectly adequate Hollywood movie, even classy and entertaining at times, but, despite De Palma's brilliant set piece which reworks the Odessa steps sequence from Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, this is disappointing stuff considering he's the director of Blow Out and Body Double. Costner is law man Eliot Ness, who assembles a team to give Al Capone & Co a good seeing-to. While the premise provides plenty of opportunities for Mamet's clever script writing to shine, a couple of disappointing performances, especially De Niro's Capone, dampen the high spirits of the film. De Palma directs like a kid who hasn'...
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