Nothing beats Entertainment!

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2002)

This could have been the average gangster film and feature a lot of realism and graphic violence. It could have been an accurate bio-pic of the Untouchables but they decided to do it other wise. Both David Mamet and Brian de Palma made the right decision to just make a fun movie. I love those realistic and violent gangster movies but change is GOOD! And it's nice to see something different.
The actors are great especially Connery and De Niro. Sean Connery (in an Oscar-winning performance) does a great job as Malone and this is perhaps his best character next to James Bond and Professor Henry Jones. Robert De Niro in the other hand is hilarious as Al Capone and that scene where he hits one of his henchmen with a baseball bat is one of the greatest and most spoofed scene in recent years. To top it all there is a fantastic score by Ennio Morricone.
****out of****stars