The Untouchables

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  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.

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  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.

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  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!

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  July 5, 2009

  SarahG1988

  
  
  
  
  
  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...

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  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.

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  November 11, 2009

  Dannyrovira

  A outstanding gangster film directed with great skill by Brian De Palma with a superb cast, Kevin Costner preforms to perfection there is grand Oscar winning performance by Sean Connery and memorable one by Robert De Niro as Al Capone. A sharp and clever script by David Mamet, gr...( read more)eat period production design by Patrizia von Brandenstein and William A. Elliott, impressive cinematography by Stephen H. Burum and a emotionally rich score by Ennio Morricone. This is DePalma's finest film, a triumph.

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  November 6, 2009

  theloneowl

  Io film in sé non mi è piaciuto, ma per la prima volta ho apprezzato quel carciofo di Kevin Costner.

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  October 31, 2009

  SkywalkerJones

  What are you prepared to do?-Malone
  
  

  

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  Director:Brian DePalma
  Cast:Kevin Costner,Robert DeNiro,Sean Connery,Andy Garcia,Charles Martin Smith
  Genre:Action,Gangster
  Year of release:1987
  Running Time:119 minutes
  
  Plot:
  1920's prohibition Chicago is corrupt from the judges downward. So in going up against Al Capone, Treasury agent Eliot Ness picks just two cops to help him and his accountant colleague. One is a sharp-shooting rookie, the other a seen-it-all beat man. The four of them are ready to battle Capone and his empire, but it could just be that guns are not the best way to get him.
  
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  The Untouchables is a incredible film and one of the reasons that atracted to watch this movie is because i love gangster movies and this movie is on the same level as The Godfather,Scarface and Goodfellas.When i was a kid,i got a litlle uncomfortable with the violence of the movie but now i m all grown up,i absolutely loved The Untouchables and the idea of one man has the courage to stand against corruption.The Untouchables is definetly a masterpiece and no other movie of the genre can reach the same level of Brian De Palma s crime epic.
  
  

  

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  Kevin Costner delivers an amazing perfomance as Elliot Ness,the federal agent who swore taking down Al Capone.Costner is perfect as Ness and proves to manage the role perfectly.What i love about Elliot Ness is the fact that he s a man with principles and rules but he soon realizes that the only way to face Capone is hunting down with no mercy.This is probably Costner s best roles but i m curious to see him in Dances with the Wolfes.Sean Connery gives a memorable perfomance as Jim Malone which earned him his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.Malone becomes not only a father figure but he s also the heart and soul of the group.Connery delivers here one of his best peformances of his career,proving that he s not only the best James Bond,he s one of the greatest actors of all time.Robert DeNiro was phenomenal as the legendary gangster Al Capone.I didn t recognize him but boy he was amazing.DeNiro is one of the greatest actors of all time and he shows here why.Capone is a little different of the other gangsters.He basically looks more a buisness man than a criminal.Well a honest criminal who won t hesitate to take down his enemies.The other actors were amazing including Andy Garcia as George Stone,Charles Martin Smith fantastic as Oscar Wallace and Billy Drago sinister as Frank Nitti,Capone s henchman.
  
  Brian De Palma directs his ultimate film and probably the best movie he has ever done since Scarface.De Palma is a genious and he managed to create a memorable crime epic like he knows best with memorable scenes like the train station gunfire and of course Ennio Morricone s amazing score.
  
  The Untouchables is one of the greatest movies of all time and probably of the 80 s.An american classic that will alwalys live forever as one of the most stunning crime epics of all time and i hope Mr.De Palma delievers more masterpieces like The Untouchables.Classic piece of cinema.

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  October 23, 2009

  delorescunningham1

  this movie is a classic of all times
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  one of the most classic movies i love it hits hard u dig.

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  October 20, 2009

  danuaji2000

  Great film, great story with great actors....

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