The Untouchables (DVD) Reviews

This has been as a classic for a long time but until recently I had yet to see it. Fortunately you can purchase this very cheaply and by the end of this review I will have outlined why it is a recommended purchase. The film is set in the city of chicago why crime, bribery and general corruption have become so rampant that they have ...  Read the complete review

Now if ever there was an award for the best film ever made, this has to be it. Ever since I watched it on TV I absolutely loved this film and it is now my all time favourite movie. It is based upon the true story of how Al Capone was defeated. That's it for the plot (IMDB it up). So with such a short plot let's get into ...  Read the complete review

This is the a film that is based on truth regarding how Al Capone was brought down by the USA authorities. In the 1930's prohibition existed in America it was at this time that gangsters started to supply illicit booze to anyone that wanted to it. In Chicago this was all controlled by the ruthless Al Capone. Capone had not only cops but also ...  Read the complete review

The Untouchables - A 1987 film directed by Brian De Palma. Approx running time 119 minutes. The film is an adaptation of the TV series 'The Untouchables' and also won an Oscar and an Academy award. The Cast The film has an all star cast of Kevin Costner (Eliot Ness), Sean Connery (Jim Malone) who was awarded an academy ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: In 1930s USA, mafia moss Al Capone has control of a vast criminal empire. Hot on his heels comes Eliot Ness and his crew, police officers who will stop at nothing to put the big man behind bars. Robert De Niro and Kevin Costner star in this top notch crime thriller based on true events. IS IT ANY GOOD: The ...  Read the complete review

The Untouchables has to be one of my all time favourite movies, and is definitely one of the few that I don't mind watching again and again (and again). Released in 1987 this film has stood the test of time and through an excellent script and clever directing by Brian de Palma it manages to evoke more tension, excitement and action than many ...  Read the complete review

The Untouchables (1987) follows this story of Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is his battle against Al Capone (Robert De Niro). Set in Chicago during Prohibition (1920's) the film has stylistic 1920's sequences and is brilliantly done. Al Capone is a big time gangster who pretty much runs Chicago. Eliot Ness, a new detective to the city ...  Read the complete review

For me this is as close to movie perfection as you can possibly get. Excellent cast, excellent story, excellent script, excellent score. Just excellent all round. The story follows Elliott Ness (Costner) as he tries to bring down the infamous Al Capone (Played brilliantly by Robert De Niro). Ness enlists the help of a group of gents to help ...  Read the complete review

The Untoucables is a classic movie and also has some important lessons for us to learn, the first being if you are at a business meeting and your boss gets out a baseball bat and starts talking about team work best not to turn your back on him, this film dies have its violent moments and this is one of the more graphic scenes in the flm however it ...  Read the complete review

The Untouchables is a film I have seen a number of times and it was on again last night on Film 4 and even after a few viewing it is still a great watch. Set in the Prohibition era in Chicago it charts the attempts by FBI agent Eliot Ness, played by Kevin Costner, to bring down gangland boss Al Capone played in all his pomp by the ...  Read the complete review

Synopsis *********** With corruption and greed sweeping across Chicago, as they are stuck in the midst of the prohibition gloom, not even the police seem adverse to a bribe at all, especially when the man pulling most of the strings is the ruthless gangster Al Capone (Robert de Niro). Desperate to bring law and order back to the ...  Read the complete review

I don't know why I was drawn to The Untouchables all those years ago - I wasn't a particularly big fan of De Palma, De Niro or Costner. In fact, as far as I was concerned, the only big draw was the presence of Sean Connery. However, one viewing was enough and I can safely say that this now ranks as one of my all time favourite films. ...  Read the complete review

THE HOTTEST FILM SINCE THE GODFATHER. That is a review of the film by Newsweek. And I totally agree with it. With a all star cast including Sean Connery as Malone, Kevin Costner, Robert Deniro as Al Capone and Andy Garcia, how can it go wrong. The basic storyline is that Kevin Costner is a cop who wants to put Al Capone away. He ...  Read the complete review

Rarely has their been a film that delivers in such an absolute way its cast and crew at their absolute best. From the foundations of the screenplay, across to the direction, the acting, the cinematography, the musical score, even the costumes, the Untouchables is perhaps one of modern cinemas most durable and entertaining classics. We ...  Read the complete review

I was really looking forward to revisiting The Untouchables on DVD. I hadn't seen the film in years, so was quite keen to get my hands on a copy. Alas, the Region 2 edition has followed in the footsteps of its Region 1 counterpart, and features the trailer as its only extra. Which leaves the film itself to mull over. The picture quality is ...  Read the complete review

REGION 2 The Untouchables Movie: The Untouchables directed by Brian De Palma, just happened to be one of the best movies to come out of the eighties. It was a classic mob tale of how the authorities tried to convict Al Capone(Robert De Niro) for crimes of murder and running a gang. The story focuses on 4 members of law (Kevin ...  Read the complete review

“Fzzz”. The match flared into life, briefly lighting the corner where I stood. The brim of my fedora kept the rain off as I lit another cigarette. Water cascaded down my raincoat, but I kept watch. Waiting. Patience, that’s one of the ways you get Capone. I’ve been patient. I’ve waited. ...  Read the complete review

With a cast including Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia and Kevin Costner this film was always going to be worth watching. Brian De Palma is an excellent director and he certainly manages a masterpiece here. This is a film in which it could be argued that Connery gives his best ever performance. Indeed De Niro and certainly ...  Read the complete review

I first saw this film when I was babysitting for my next door neighbour in about 1992. I'd never heard of it before and liked it so much, my neighbour decided to let me keep it. Sean Connery and Kevin Costner star in this 1930's prohibition gangster movie about a group of government investigators trying to stop the infamous Al ...  Read the complete review

Brian de Palma's cleanest, most streamlined film, devoid of the usual hallucinations, dreams and Hitchcock riffs in its depiction of Eliot Ness's determination to nail Al Capone, crime boss of Chicago, with a team of dedicated FBI agents out to help him. The truth goes out of the window, and some of the film is corny, but Kevin ...  Read the complete review