Genre:
Historical / Thriller
Directed
by: Brian De Palma
Cast:
Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery
Time:
119 minutes
This 1987 historical gangster film is
inspired by the battle waged by Government Agent Eliot Ness and his group of
Untouchables against crime boss Al Capone, who had taken control of the
distribution of illegal alcohol in Chicago during Prohibition.
Considering the cast involved here, I should
have enjoyed this movie a little more. I mean, Robert De Niro remains one of my
favorite actors. Here, as Al Capone, he is overall very lackluster and ordinary
in his performance. Same goes for Sean Connery; the out-of-place accent did not
help either. As for Kevin Costner, while I sometimes find him good, he is not one
of my favorites. It may also be a case of personal perception affecting my
appreciation of Costner’s performance. I find it hard to root for a character
such as Eliot Ness as a great hero fighting on the side of Prohibition. It goes
against the grain for me.
I found some of the action scenes in The Untouchables
very laughable in the way they were carried out on screen; in a gangster film,
that is not the desired effect.
Overall, this film had its moments, but, for
me, they were few and far between.
Rating:
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