De Palma rescues Costner

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2007)

This movie is a very good film, not great or fantastic but very good. The weak link maybe only down to one man. Kevin Costner is a good actor but since this is a very good film he is out of his league Unfortunately for him he does not have much emotional range. When he is angry it is the same as anything else. The film is saved by the performance of Connery, not to mention the Set Design, Cinematography and the Directing. DePalma makes good work of the script which doesn't really have a great ending as we all know Capone was thrown away for the laughable tax evasion. De Palma however does create some memorable scenes such as the Cabin, Train Station and Connrery's death. This film could have been great put the script is the biggest let down and I believe De Palma and his stylish team saved it from being just another good film.