The Untouchables

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The Untouchables

Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro

The story of FBI agent Eliott Ness's obsessive goal to bring down the notorious gangster Al Capone.

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  • SirPant
    September 4, 2009
    SirPant
    Historical Inaccuracy, dodgy accents and plagiarism didn't seem to bother anyone and it was a huge success. Personally, I believe its the most overrated gangster film of all time. The 'pram on the staircase' scene was a nice tribute to Sergei M. Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin t...( read more)hough.
  • jsd35
    August 2, 2009
    jsd35
    It's really a bit of send-up of the events surrounding Capone and Eliot Ness all done in the name of heroism, but it's still a great film. Nasty at times (with an unforgettably intimidating Niro wielding a baseball bat in ways no man should during lunch), comedic at others (the t...( read more)ax-inspector is given dialogue from geek heaven), but gripping throughout, propelled in part by a great score and decent direction that keeps the odd problem in the film under-the-carpet.

    And speaking of which ... I have one thing I need to get off my chest about this film: why-oh-why was Connery given an Oscar in this? Was it a sympathy vote?? His accent isn't even close to wear it should be (well, basically his accent remains rooted in Scotland), and even apart from that his acting is simply by-the-books. You might as well give Hayden Christiansen an Oscar for his role in Star Wars.

    Sorry about that. Just needed to get it out. You know.
  • Passenger1986
    July 9, 2009
    Passenger1986
    Eliot Ness is a personal hero of mine. He couldn't be bought, he was all for upholding justice, he had principles. OK, his life outside of work isn't so inspiring but as an officer of the law, he was someone to look up to.
    While this film takes a lot of dramatic license, if you l...( read more)ook at it like this is an alternate universe where this really did happen, it just reaffirms my belief in Ness and makes for an exciting "cops and gangsters" film.

    Ness is played by Kevin Costner, who does an admirable job as the upstanding FBI agent. He's stern and determined throughout but it's nice to see the scenes with his family and how at peace he can be, even when he's concerned for the state of the city.
    After an initial raid fails, Eliot seeks help from a beat cop known as Malone (Sean Connery, who deserved the Oscar he got for this) on another strategy to take down Al Capone (Robert De Niro, more on his performance later) and later teams up with two more men to form a squad to deal with Capone.

    Now onto De Niro: despite his small role (or small compared to most of the other actors), he makes the screen his own, much like Capone would have back in the day. As I said in Scarface, sometimes people look at gangster figureheads and choose to emulate their style while forgetting how they usually end up, but at least with Capone, oddly enough, he's a little more human than Tony Montana. He keeps his family and business lives separate, he supports the arts (the opera scene) and he is fairly charismatic and funny. That said, don't ever cross him. Ever. The infamous baseball bat scene is evidence enough.

    In addition to that scene, the action in this film is fast paced and would make your jaw drop at least once or twice. The first ten minutes of the film, a bomb is set off in a building and a little girl calls out to the goon who left it, thinking he had accidentally left it behind. She's holding it, doesn't even get to finish calling out before it goes off. That right there should be enough to get people to just think "Holy crap".
    But on the lighter side of action scenes, Malone's idea to get one of Capone's guys talking is to grab the corpse of one his associates, pretend he's still alive, interrogate him and then shoot him right in the mouth.
    All capped off with the shootout at the train station (which was originally supposed to happen inside the train itself but was deemed too costly). Anyone wanting a good shoot-out should check this out, really.

    Besides confirming my faith in the work of Eliot Ness and his Untouchables, I adapt one of the most popular quotes ever into a way of living life: "He pulls a knife, you pull a gun, he sends one of yours in the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!" as said by Malone (I haven't really sung enough praise for Connery in this review, this is the kind of performance I imagine people use as a measuring stick for anyone trying out a role similar to this. The man was just that good and his retirement is, while well deserved, a blow to those of us who enjoy the greatest actors/actresses on screen).
    How I adapt that, even though this is not the obvious intent, can be viewed like this: life screws you around, you one-up it. The world throws you a hurdle, you jump it and make it so damn graceful that the world looks foolish for testing you. Obviously another quote in this movie fits that better (Ness' "Never stop fighting till the fight is done") but Malone's has a little bit more conviction.

    A film about gangsters but this time it's the cops we're here to see. Bravo, Brian DePalma! Bravo!
  • SarahG1988
    July 5, 2009
    SarahG1988
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    Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to...( read more) take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

    Review to come soon...
  • xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    June 11, 2009
    xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    A very good movie but the SCORE was soooo DISTRACTING! I felt like I was watching a bad NYPD Blue episode with the overtaking Saxophone,,,it was not right...

    I loved Andy Garcia! he just has that Italian air about him, sigh, it makes his soo hot! love it!.
    Billy Drago is the ...( read more)creapy-ist looking guy ever! ugg he's just wierd!
    I have never really been a fan of Kevin Costner.

    BUT ALL IN ALL A PRETTY GOOD GANGSTER MOVIE.
  • xOxChloeoXo
    December 28, 2009
    xOxChloeoXo
    this film is an absolute classic for evreyone who loves history :))
    centered around the american police force during prohibiton this film follows the ttrue story of one Elliot ness (Kevin Costner) who has pretty much an obsession with bringing down the famous a lcapone (robert d...( read more)i niro).
    So he sets up a team that will help him bring down the notorious cghicago mob boss. As you well know evryone was being bribed by someone judges and police were corrupt and could be paid off for anything and were given large amounts of money to turn a blind eye on criminal activity.
    Ness's team consits of a incorruptible Irish beat cop who understands the way Capone does business in the form of Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery), there is also ness's accountant (who is the reason foral capones final come down).
    throughtout there film there are various raids. starting with a man dropping of a breifcase in a local liquor store (where al capone is know to deal in illegal laundering of alcohol ) this is effectivley the trigger for the whole opertaion.
    although he is bribed and threatende he does not give up or inot the mobsteres demands.
    The final section of the film is definitly the most iconic as ness is waiting for al capones accountant to arrive (as he has the proof that Al capone has not paid is taxes and is the missing link for al capone to be sent down) to arrive at the train station he see's a woman struggling to bring her pram up the stairs many people pass by her without having the decencey to offer her a helping hand. nes at this point is to far away to help and is to intent on catching the guy he neds. as the clock strise i think it's 6 (this is whenv the accountant is destined to arrive at the station) Ness makes a descion to help the woman as Al capones accountat is running late. so he helps her get the pram to the top of the stairs at which put the accountant arrives and shots are fired the pram is let go off and begins to rool back down the stairs Ness has two options stay and get the guy he needs or save a baby.
    he does both as the pram is rolling away he runs after it unfortunatley he is almost to late and it falls luckily for him his partner and the best shooter ever is there and catches the pram.

    okai i'll admit it am not great at writing reviews (okai awful) on films but trust me you really have to see this film if your are a history fanatic it has the iconic train station scene (which i just described very badly and did it no justice). this film has pretty much evreything guns violence and mobsters. it aslo really captures the feeling at the time and what people were like (corruptness and that :)) honestly i have done this film no justice and really is one you have to see if you love history (like me:)) if you do watch it enjoy it :)) xx
  • tdbradley
    December 18, 2009
    tdbradley
    I love gangster movies period!
  • HotHair29
    December 16, 2009
    HotHair29
    sweet gangster movie. and it has Sean Connery so how can it not be good?
  • agoengbs
    December 12, 2009
    agoengbs
    Film sepanjang Jaman..
  • ythelastman89
    December 9, 2009
    ythelastman89
    A weak attempt from Brian De Palma and not a great film at all. The cast looks great on paper, but almost no one gave a decent performance. Robert De Niro seemed to be the only one that put in any effort and actually played a great Al Capone. It is a forgettable film that has ve...( read more)ry few shining moments.
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