Synopsis
Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerEliot Ness
- Sean ConneryJim Malone
- Charles Martin SmithOscar Wallace
- Andy GarcíaGeorge Stone
- Robert De NiroAl Capone
- Richard BradfordMike
- Jack KehoePayne
- Brad SullivanGeorge
- Billy DragoNitti
- Patricia ClarksonNess' Wife
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ReelViews
May not have much thematic depth, but it represents two hours of pure, exuberant entertainment – an epic gangster tale rendered on a grand scale. - 100
The New York Times
Hollywood's latest big-budget, high-concept, mass-market reworking of material not entirely fresh, has more endings than Beethoven's Fifth, but it's also packed with surprises, not the least being that it's a smashing work. It's vulgar, violent, funny and sometimes breathtakingly beautiful. - 100
Time
Mamet's elegantly efficient script does not waste a word, and De Palma does not waste a shot. The result is a densely layered work moving with confident, compulsive energy. - 100
Variety
The Untouchables is a beautifully crafted portrait of Prohibition-era Chicago. - 80
Empire
Superb performances, exquisite direction and that Ennio Morricone score create an authentic 1920s Chicago feel and a hugely entertaining crime drama. - 75
Orlando Sentinel
One triumph of The Untouchables is the way its operatic style accommodates larger-than-life performances. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Apart from Connery, the star of the film is Mamet's deadpan script, which obviously inspired one of the movie's baldest old-movie tributes. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
De Palma's Untouchables, like the TV series that inspired it, depends more on cliches than on artistic invention.