It's evolving, it's captivating and it's full of emotions. Man power at its best

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2007)

I had never seen this movie before last night when I had the chance to watch it and I must say I was pretty damn impressed. The movie takes place in the 1920's when the mob warlord Al Capone ruled Prohibition-era Chicago. Federal agent Elliot Ness, quoting one of the plot outlines, assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means. This team becomes known as "The Untouchables". This is by far the best movie I've seen from Brian De Palma. I knew it was going to be good, but I was surprised that it was even better.
The screenplay, the whole story, is just brilliant. It has this absolute flow, which I think was more normal back then, as it seems to me that less newer movies have that specific flow nowadays. The progress and the twists in the plot are just excellent and they keep you concentrated throughout the whole movie. The way the movie progresses itself is just pure glory for your eyes and it also compliments the directing. The directing is just so fitting with the screenplay that it's even better than it actually is, though it is honestly very good. De Palma has captured the soul and the whole feeling of the 1920's, making "The Untouchables" a real masterpiece of a movie and I can't believe I've missed it before. The music is superb, despite the fact that it has that cheesy 80's feeling in it at times. No wonder the music's so superb, as the composer is the master Ennio Morricone himself. He does compositions that are so recognizable that you just know it's Morricone behind the music.
What comes to role performances, well there's one above everyone else and that is no-one else than Sean Connery himself, at his best. I just can't believe the work he has done, as it seems to me that every role he plays he does it perfectly. I can't do nothing else than admire him, there's just something so charismatic about him that it always makes me stare in amazement. In "The Untouchables" he plays a veteran patrolman who teaches Ness how to beat Capone and he just does it so believably that.. Well, read what said above. The role performance he does is just excellent and it is no wonder that he even won an Oscar from it. Robert De Niro is very fitting in the role of Al Capone; I honestly couldn't imagine anyone else doing it. I have to admit that I don't know much about Capone's real behavior, but to me Capone is everything De Niro does in this movie. The movie actually shines with the whole cast as well, including for example Kevin Costner as the tough Elliot Ness and Andy Garcia as one of the untouchables, master shooter George Stone. Everyone performs their roles so well that the whole movie is a real pleasure for eyes throughout.
"The Untouchables" is a must-see-masterpiece. I think it's highly underrated, as I was so surprised how good it actually was even when I have really never liked mob-movies so much. It has superb role performances, excellent directing, a brilliant story and it is all in all, a great movie. A recommendation for everyone who haven't seen it! Everything just works so well together, giving it that flow and making it click in every aspect. The movie has this excitement and tension, this real feeling of pure man power, in a way that can not be described. A great movie indeed.