directors-- bryan de palma

great adaption of the 30s show, and a great film from depalma, costner as elliot ness and a magnificent deniro as al capone, oh and connery as a irish cop by way of scotland( nothing new there) great 30s setting really showing of the time, and all round a great action thriller

depalma, pillages hitchcock once again, in style and plot, as we see nicholas cage play a atlantic city cop, who while not an honest cop, has to protect a witness, when she is involved in a assassination atempt, at a sporting arena, holding a boxing fight, its up to cage ro join the dots and proe who may or not be involved in the crime from the peize fighter, who may have taken a dive to various goverment men on the scene, one played by gary sinise, who is on the case with cage, can they work together to solve the crime, and with a hurricaine raging outside and thousands of witnesses to process its gonna be a long night, as i said depalma is a big fsan of hitchcock, and all the tricks come out here, and my favourate is his opening shot, all done in one take, introducing all the charactors, with a great steadycam, almost as good as his own done in carlitoes way, good over the top performances all round, cage his manic self, sinise reliable as ever and the georgous carla gugino as the dame in distress, although the film does run out of steam towords the end, it does get a bit stupid, it is quite solid up till then, not depalmas best, but pretty good

inspiired by events in irak, life for u.s marines and a incident where a 15 year old girl was raped and murdered, by marines, and why events got to be that way, it doesent show marines in a good light, and is a interesting watch, a nice return for bryan de palma, whos been struggling lately, but if you want to see this, check out a better example, battle for terabitha, a similier type of film.