Loading...This movie is easily Brian De Palma best directorial work to date. He is also aided by a stellar cast which includes(Some trivia):
Kevin Costner: Oscar nominated for best actor in Dances with Wolves(I am only looking for acting awards. I know he won two other Oscars for that movie)
Sean Connery who would win an Oscar for this very movie, Untouchables.
Andy Garcia, Oscar nominated for Godfather III
and of course Robert De Niro who has two Oscars and 4 nominations
The movie features a strong minded Federal Agent Eliot Ness(Costner), taking on the ruthless AlCapone(brilliantly played by De Niro). Helping Ness are a skilled sharpshooter(Garcia) and a veteran cop(an Oscar winning role by Connery.) De Niro as Capone is terrfic. He is on screen for only about 15 minutes in the whole movie but delivers an amazing impact.
One of the best action scenes ever filmed is a shootout between the Untouchables and the bad guys on the steps of Chicago's Grand Central Station. Yes. I know that De Palma stole the scene from a Russian film, Battleship Potemkin.
The original scene from the Russian classic lasted a minute. De Palma's gunfight lasts about 10 minutes and ends in a 'kickass' end.
This movie is a must see.
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