Near perfection

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2014)

It's 1930 Chicago and unofficial mayor Al Capone (Robert De Niro) is holding court. After a bombing that killed a little girl, Treasury Agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) comes in to take down Capone. After a big failed bust, Eliot is guided by beat cop Jim Malone (Sean Connery). They select new recruit Giuseppe Petri (Andy Garcia). Then Agent Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith) comes in with the idea to charge Capone income tax evasion. The four men would battle the murderous Capone and his henchmen as well as a corrupted city.
Director Brian De Palma has raise it to a whole new level. The movie looks immaculate. The scene of De Niro circling the table is iconic. It portrays the violence in such a beautiful way. Then there is the staircase scene. It doesn't get any better than that. Everything including the music and the acting are near perfect. Kevin Costner is under-appreciated in this. He holds the whole movie together. Then there are De Niro, Connery, and Garcia. They are all outstanding. This is probably the best movie that De Palma has ever made. Some may complain about accuracy but that never bothered me in this one.