The Untouchables Reviews

What the!!!!!!!!!!

We only watched the first 40 minutes of this film.It was so unbelievable... And as for Sean Connery trying to play an irishman!! Didnt work.. As if matters werent bad enough costner decides to recruit an audit clerk as part of his tough gang to wipe out the baddies.... It was laughable. Maybe after the first 40 minutes it improved dramatically, or maybe we just missed the point??

Could Have Been Better

Kevin Costner plays a federal agent in prohibition era Chicago. His mission in life is to take down Al Capone, bootlegger, murderer, and unwritten ruler of Chicago.

With the help of Sean Connery (who has what can only be described as a non-existent Irish accent), he forms a band of what is apparently the only four non-corrupt police in Chicago, and somehow manages to defeat hundreds of gangsters.

I'm sensing slight exaggeration of the true story.

This could have been a good film. It really had potential – great sets, nice cast (Robert De Niro is totally not typecast as Al Capone), and if you can get past a) the fact that they should have made Sean Connery’s character Scottish rather than make him attempt an Irish accent and b) the disastrous soundtrack which serves to create comedy rather than tension, it’s OK.

Also, you have to believe that women have no dimension at all. Kevin Costner’s character’s wife is pathetically underdeveloped, and for some strange reason, glows.

There’s also a really weird scene where Kevin Costner lets a baby carriage, with a baby in it, fall down a really long flight of stairs, while the baby’s mother screams and falls over in slow motion.

Instead of getting up and running after the baby, she waits for Kevin Costner to finish shooting about twelve people, and then he runs after the baby.

He stops again halfway down to shoot about three other people, and Andy Garcia has to do this bizarre, like, dance move to stop the baby getting to the last step, which, if you ask me, was pointless, because if that carriage can deal with bouncing down the longest staircase in the world, it can deal with returning to flat ground.

Aside from all that, I wouldn’t advise against watching this film, but only do it if you really like shooting. Or have nothing better to do. Or you are a boy. And don’t expect a Goodfellas or Carlito’s Way.

Bloody Marvellous!

This is one of the most underated films of all time.It is gory but stylish and slick.Rob De Niro seems born to play Al Capone while Sean Connery thoroughly deserved his Oscar,though Kevin Costner should have been nominated

MOBTASTIC!!!

This film has got to be one of the all-time mobster flicks!!! I loved it and have watched it over and over again!!! Its not as brutal as some more modern gangster films such as 'The Goodfellas'!!! The films plot is great, really gets inside the story of Al Capone in the prohibition peroid of the 30's!!! Theres some twist and turns in the film i didnt expect wich kept me watching!!! Loved this film, its got loads of gun fights and action, one of my all-time favourites!!! Good film but if your into brutal, blood spillin gangster films, i wudnt recomend it!!!

Pretty good...the Battleship Potemkin bit is great!

Full of suspense, violence and dramatic intensity-based on the real life of what many believe to the be the most notorious gangster of the 20th Century. Oh, and the Battleship Potemkin homage is a stomach churning gem, pretty good! ***

Unremarkable

Quite how the epic creative triptych of De Palma, Mamet and De Niro came up with this mess is a mystery. Fabulous sets and production design fail to mask the fact that this is A) about as historically accurate as Bugsy Malone B) a cliche-ridden mess and C) dreadfully-scripted. The plot's rushed, the characters are underdeveloped and De Niro's (admittedly brilliant) scenes feel strangely detached from the rest of the film. And the less said about Connery's accent, the better.

KLASSIC!

A Classic, if you like gangster movies like sopranos, godfather...anything along those lines....then u gotta watch the Untouchables. Gotta!

The Untouchables

Very dated movie, not like other classics of the 80s, which was suprising considering the cast. I couldnt decide whether it was serious or comedy. It was watchable but it is making 'the top 100' list of various categories which I dont think it deserves.

best crime/drama movies in the last 20 years

one of the best crime/drama movies in the last 20 years. Right from the start, we are introduced to the violence and corruption that gripped the city during these tough times.

may not be true to history but who cares. The gangsters and the cops are ruthless in their dealings with each other, and their is plenty of blood.

Brilliant movie. A little violent for me at times, I did have to close my eyes on occasions, but never the less an excellent film. Sean Connery was marvellous,[took his time to die though!], add Kevin Costner, Robert de Niro and a whole host of other talents and it all added up to a great movie