Review of The Untouchables (1987) by Deb S — 17 May 2010
The Untouchables is a masterpiece of the 80's and a classic gangster film. The film is set in Chicago during Al Capone's reign. Treasury agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) and his squad of Untouchables (Sean Connery, Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith) have vowed to bring down crime kingpin Al Capone who was trafficking booze into Chicago, which was illegal at the time.
Capone is played with great relish by Robert DeNiro who pulls off a fantastic performance as a psychopathic Al Capone (to the extent of knocking one of his colleagues brains out with a baseball bat.) Sean Connery and Andy Garcia are great and Charles Martin Smith is the brains of the group, who can bring down Capone by using IRS laws against him.
Billy Drago is also great as Capone's top man Frank Nitti. It has a great soundtrack, and the train station sequence is highly tense.... simply magnificent!!!
This review of The Untouchables (1987) was written by Deb S on 17 May 2010.
The Untouchables has generally received very positive reviews.
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