Review of The Untouchables (1987) by Justin C — 16 May 2010

Brilliant crime drama following one of America's most notorious gangsters and the lawman that brought him down.

This review of The Untouchables (1987) was written by Justin C on 16 May 2010.

The Untouchables has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Untouchables

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Anderson G (172) on 07 Aug 2017

Brian de Palm is one of the directors who most copied the best sense of the word- Alfred Hitchcock, and The Untouchables, is a gangster psychological…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Stefanus Andi G (26) on 06 Feb 2017

Remains a classic mob flick as corruption still in grasp of modern times…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Jacob1700 (1) on 12 Aug 2020

Watched this movie with my Dad a while back! I absolutely loved it…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Allan C (2,173) on 24 Dec 2018

A commercial and artistic high point for director Brian De Palma (Blow Out Dressed to Kill Scarface Femme Fatale), working from a script by…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Anthony K (935) on 12 Feb 2018

A fairly standard but still solidly made crime drama with a level of violence that is frankly shocking…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Sandoz D (69) on 03 May 2017

I want him dead! I want his family dead! I want his house burned to the ground! I want to go there in the middle of the night and piss on the ashes…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Lisa S (1,201) on 12 Feb 2017

One of the best period gangster films going its just a shame that this story of elliot ness is a complet work of fiction…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Delysid D (566) on 03 May 2017

I want him dead! I want his family dead! I want his house burned to the ground! I want to go there in the middle of the night and piss on the ashes…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Ahmed A (371) on 19 Aug 2018

An old-school kinda goofy gangster flick is never what you think it would be when there is a remarkable filmmaker like Brian De Palma behind…

Read Review

Review of The Untouchables (1987)

By Chris B (2,902) on 27 May 2017

Brian DePalma is a Director who knows the medium he works in and does it proud, The Untouchables his 1987 feature is a solid gangster thriller…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Baby's Day Out (1994)

By Bill S (2,971) on 18 Apr 2015

I feel ripped off,this baby didn't say a word…

Read Review

Review of The Relic (1997)

By Richard Harrington (181) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Jun 2004

As written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, The Relic deserved to be taken off the shelf; as adapted by a quartet of screenwriters and…

Read Review

Review of Runaway Jury (2003)

By Cat (13) on 27 Jul 2006

The worst movie I have ever seen, bar none. And I believe in gun control…

Read Review

Review of The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

By Pete (18) on 20 Aug 2007

Total rubbish!! Matt Damon is such a horrible and dumb actor…

Read Review

Review of Public Enemies (2009)

By Feelmethere (1) on 30 Jun 2009

This movie is not what I expected. I expected a good movie. I guess I'll just watch Juno again…

Read Review

Review of Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

By Andrew Sarris (502) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 Dec 2004

Murder on the Orient Express falls down so badly as escapist entertainment that it is as if it were designed to prove the proposition that…

Read Review

Review of Key Largo (1948)

By Lizzy C (14) on 09 Feb 2008

Horrible…

Read Review

Review of Pusher III (2005)

By Matt C (2,668) on 31 Dec 2012

Incredibly bad. A film can't be based solely on the showing of grotesque violence. Even Saw had a significant plot. But Pusher 3 does not…

Read Review

Review of Young and Innocent (1937)

By Mark S (2,772) on 24 Sep 2008

I wasn't too impressed with this one. Considering the four films that had preceded it, Hitchcock was taking a step back…

Read Review

Review of Black Rain (1989)

By Broyax (884) on 23 Jan 2020

Sur un postulat déjà bien peu crédible en soi, Ridley Scott construit son polar bancal vaille que vaille, contre vents et marées, quitte…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

54%39 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Untouchables

1987

81%716 Reviews

Fair Game

1995

35%99 Reviews

Lost in Translation

2003

80%1,069 Reviews

The Prophecy

1995

62%498 Reviews

Eleven Men Out

2005

41%26 Reviews

The Rocketeer

1991

65%546 Reviews

C.H.U.D.

1984

53%205 Reviews

Sweet November

1968

60%4 Reviews

Route 666

2001

40%44 Reviews

The Man Without a Past

2002

79%204 Reviews