One of The Best Films of The Decade

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 1999)

The Untouchables is a thrilling, gripping, gut wrenching masterpiece of modern film. It packs a wallop as it goes from blood drenched set piece into blood drenched set piece. My personally favorite scene is the epic battle against the mob in which an entire legion of RCMP officers come riding in to quash the forces of crime, I'm a little biased being Canadian myself. The film is well structured, thanks to master of prose David Mamet, as well as visually dazzling, thanks to horribly under rated contemporary film maker Brian De Palma. Not to mention the tour de force of incredible acting from Kevin Costener, Charles Martin Smith, "The" Robert De Niro and of course screen legend Sean Connery, who won an Oscar for his performance of two fisted veteran beat cop Malone. I have the privilege of owning this film in widescreen, and I highly suggest that whoever gets a chance to see it outside of the hellish realm of "Pan&Scan", should do so.Well, actually, no matter what, this is a truly great film and should probably be viewed whenever and however you can.