The Untouchables Reviews and Ratings


  • nickg329
    October 28, 2008
    nickg329
    One of the few movies I've actually liked Kevin Costner in. And I really liked Morricone's score.
  • leshmoney
    October 26, 2008
    leshmoney
    HERE END OF THE LESSON....
  • CowBoy1112
    October 24, 2008
    CowBoy1112
    very good movie with action, blood, and all. Watch it for the thrill content..
  • jrrrz
    October 22, 2008
    jrrrz
    great performances by all involved.
  • SweetyTerrorxXx
    October 14, 2008
    SweetyTerrorxXx
    Very cool story!
    Moving when some heroes die.
    Costner, Connery and De Niro r very good in it.
    Interesting biopic of Al Capone and Eliott Ness, about the prohibition, in the 20's in Chicago.
  • quesa03
    October 5, 2008
    quesa03
    love this movie, all the acotors are great
  • fcampoi
    October 4, 2008
    fcampoi
    Uma obra-prima magnificente, principalmente em termos técnicos.
  • pier007
    October 3, 2008
    pier007
    David Mamet's screenplay is far from the facts, but his cunning dialogues, along with De Palma's solid narration, both emerge in a thrilling, fun, larger than life clash between good and evil, adorned by an anachronistic but superb score by Il maestro Morricone.
    Great appearance...( read more)s by Robert De Niro as Al Capone and Sean Connery as Jimmy Malone.
    The vicious baseball bat scene and the train station suspenseful homage to 'battleship potemkin' stand out.
  • mrgd291190
    September 29, 2008
    mrgd291190
    Despite an absolutely stunning cast and some great scenes, this movie failed to truly astonish me. The violence was very well done, especially the Mountie's scene. Costner's character only really convinced me in his final scene with Drago. The scene on the stairs seemed somewhat ...( read more)clichéd. The music wasn't all that good.
    Having said all this, I'm currently watching it in bed, feeling terrible with a cough and cold. So I might not be in the right frame of mind. I'll watch it again someday but I can't see myself being in any rush.
  • amieginger
    September 27, 2008
    amieginger
    A great insight into American life during Prohibition and Al Capone being in control
  • friskyflugette
    September 24, 2008
    friskyflugette
    A great cast and script which makes for a great movie. The gun fights are gruesome and realistic and the acting is superb. This film has something for everyone.
  • Dracula787
    September 23, 2008
    Dracula787
    Brian De Palma?s blood soaked (I love that description) depiction of Elliot Ness? crusade against Al Capone. I?m not sure this holds up remarkably well, it certainly looks cool but I don?t think its many elements really gel together. The story is nothing overly special, Sean Co...( read more)nnery is cool but he?s not stretching his abilities, his Oscar for this was clearly a lifetime achievement award. Robert De Niro didn?t really impress me much either, he?s done much better work elsewhere and he didn?t have much screen time anyway. There are some good scenes here, but they aren?t top of the line, for example De Palma would shoot a train station scene a few years later in Carlito?s Way that was 50 times better. It?s an enjoyable two hours and it?s always fun to see people shooting Tommy guns, but as far as gangster films go this is definitely second tier.
  • flugendorf
    September 19, 2008
    flugendorf
    Good fun. "What are ye prepared to do...??!?" *coughs blood*
  • nman04
    September 19, 2008
    nman04
    Enjoyable movie with great performances by Sean Connery and Kevin Costner (Andy Garcia was also bad ass too).

    And I laughed during the scene at the train station because I remember the spoof from the Naked Gun movie. I didn't know where it came from when I first saw that movie.
  • naivejack
    September 19, 2008
    naivejack
    Hey, it's a classic. Wonder why?
  • HoleintheDome
    September 17, 2008
    HoleintheDome
    A great prohibition/Chicago mob movie from Brian DePalma. Sean Connery is a bad ass old tough streetcop. The violence is very effective, especially the baseball bat scene. The train station scene and Battleship Potemkin homage is great.
  • mrpopcorn
    September 17, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    Capone: "I'm gonna tell you something. Somebody messes with me, I'm gonna mess with with him. Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand? Now, I have done nothing to harm these people but they are angered with me,...( read more) so what do they do, doctor up some income tax, for which they have no case. To speak to me like me, no, to harass a peaceful man. I pray to god if I ever had a grievance I'd have a little more self respect. One more thing, you have an all out prize fight, you wait until the fight is over, one guy is left standing. And that's how you know who won."

    Kevin Costner stars as Ness, a federal agent who has come to Chicago during the Prohibition Era, when corruption in the local police department is rampant. His mission is to put crime lord Capone (Robert De Niro) out of business, but Capone is so powerful and popular that Ness is not taken seriously by the law or the press. One night, discouraged, he meets a veteran patrolman, Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery), and discovers that the acerbic Irishman is the one honest man he's been seeking. Malone has soon helped Ness recruit a gunslinger rookie, George Stone (Andy Garcia), and, joined by nebbish accountant Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith), the men doggedly pursue Capone and his illegal interests. At first a laughingstock, Ness soon has Capone outraged over his and Malone's sometimes law-bending tactics, and the vain mobster strikes back in vicious style. Ultimately, it is the most unexpected and minor of crimes, tax evasion, which proves Capone's undoing.

    A pretty amazing film by Scarface director Brian De Palma. One of De Palma's best although I still consider his epic film Scarface as his best film ever but still, this film delivers all the goods when it comes to the gangster genre. I can't really say that it was excellent because the script to me seems lacking and sometimes it suffers from plot holes and a cheesy, over the top death scene. It was a good death (I won't mention who dies for the sake of spoilers) but it was cheesy. Good, in a cheesy kind of way.

    Although, I think what made this film work was the superb acting by Class A Hollywood stars. You got Robert De Niro as Al Capone (the "baseball" scene is an instant favorite of mine), the guy never made a bad film according to my book. And in every film that he stars in, he gets better and better and better. De Niro is a method actor and The Untouchables just showed us how committed he really is to the job.

    On the other side of the law, you got Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Andy Garcia, who all gave pretty impressive performances.

    4/5
  • babyyourarichman
    September 16, 2008
    babyyourarichman
    Was pretty good, not enough screen time for robert de niro though.
  • paintedone
    September 15, 2008
    paintedone
    A gangster story with a heart. One of my all-time favourites. I love the characters and the historical aspects.
  • jonnycrumley
    September 15, 2008
    jonnycrumley
    I really loved this movie. There's a great chemistry between Connery and Costner, and De Niro's fantastic as Al Capone. I loved how DePalma kept you in suspense until the end, as you never knew who the Mob were going to whack next.
  • keindrax
    September 12, 2008
    keindrax
    it's really2 the untouchales...oldie but awesome...:)
  • meldepano
    September 12, 2008
    meldepano
    o.o' robert de niro's a scarry guy... naturally. in this movie, it goes o.o beyond compare...
    xDD
  • Pritdbat
    September 5, 2008
    Pritdbat
    no reasons 2 rate below 5 stars
    brilliant...just brilliant
  • ElisaLopez20
    September 4, 2008
    ElisaLopez20
    Kevin Costner became a star as the legendary "G-Man" Eliot Ness in THE UNTOUCHABLES, a slam-bang gangster saga with great direction by Brian De Palma, a witty David Mamet script and superb acting, including Robert De Niro as Al Capone and Sean Connery in charismatic supporting tu...( read more)rns. The film has virtually nothing in common with the famous 1950s TV series, and even less to do with real history, but it's a terrifically entertaining and exciting movie nonetheless. The story is almost totally fictionalized (Ness never killed Frank Nitti and had nothing to do with Capone's income-tax rap), but this becomes completely irrelevant in light of the beautifully crafted film's accomplishments, its an exhilarating, moving and larger-than-life cops vs. crooks epic.
  • gaemaree
    September 3, 2008
    gaemaree
    this is really a very good movie...
  • olliedev1
    August 28, 2008
    olliedev1
    The story of FBI agent Eliott Ness''s obsessive goal to bring down the notorious gangster Al Capone. This is a brutal masterpiece from director, Brian DePalma. This has to be one of Brian DePalma's best film he has directed. The performances feture Robert DeNiro, Sean Connery, A...( read more)ndy Garcia and Kevin Costner. The shoot-outs in this film were amazing as well as exciting to watch. It makes you wonder, who is going to win this shoot-out? One of the best gangster fims of the 1980's.
  • matseb2611
    August 27, 2008
    matseb2611
    Got bored after half an hour so stopped watching it.
  • Ghw12158
    August 26, 2008
    Ghw12158
    one of DePalma's few bests
  • MyHeroWhyGo
    August 24, 2008
    MyHeroWhyGo
    sweet elevator scene (if i remember correctly) may have sparked the idea for infernal affairs
  • 339z
    August 24, 2008
    339z
    wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a brilliant movie 2 watch.....i think that the director of this Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this...( read more) movie....this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that robert de niro is great as al capone n kevin costner is great as the FBI agent Eliott Ness''s in this movie...the gun shoot outs n the car chases were really good throughout this movie....this is a great Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama movie 2 watch
  • gavinaxeman
    August 18, 2008
    gavinaxeman
    a great gangster film, very tense and entertaining
  • machinemolle
    August 17, 2008
    machinemolle
    Another perennial, without a false step. Brian de Palma puts his technique to the service of a real story for a change. The cast and sets are nearly perfect. Even Kevin Costner is good.
  • filmfanatic1982
    August 17, 2008
    filmfanatic1982
    Jesus I love this movie. The score had me hooked. Thank you Brian De Palma.
  • kristofvanweert
    August 15, 2008
    kristofvanweert
    What a movie! First mafia movie I've seen. Too bad we don't see a bit more of Robert De Niro but it doesn't do away from the movie. Loved the baseball bat scene though ... ;)
  • Joecuffaro
    August 10, 2008
    Joecuffaro
    very good film with some fantastic performances
  • wieland007
    August 6, 2008
    wieland007
    Great film with a great cast about Al Capone's downfall .
  • Jotapey888
    July 30, 2008
    Jotapey888
    would love to see it again
  • RhysG08
    July 29, 2008
    RhysG08
    they had nuffink on capone lol
  • satyricalmale
    July 28, 2008
    satyricalmale
    Great piece of cinema packed with excellent performances notable for Sean Connery's Oscar.

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