Outstanding performances by all!

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2006)

I know this film isn't historically accurate, but then again, historical accuracies don't always make for great drama. Sean Connery has some of the snappiest, wittiest lines ever spoken in a film, such as, "Isn't that just like a Wop! Brings a knife to a gunfight!" Kevin Costner's rather laid-back Eliot Ness also works, I believe, far better than if Robert Stack had reprized his TV role. Kudos to Brian DePalma for a job well done, and for dispensing with his usual scoring by Pino Donaggio and relying on the established talent of Ennio Morricone to score the film. It was only a matter of time before Robert DeNiro portrayed Al Capone in a film, and in this one, he's just right. No other actor could have been as perfect in the role of Capone than DeNiro. On a scale from 1 to 10, "The Untouchables" deserves and gets a 10!