Quite a delight

Rating: 8/10 (9 November 2004)

Brian De Palma's grandest work of film was all culminated in this stark and engrossing film about Prohibition, a time of real gangsters and miscreants. Well, shot and acted, looking at this cast list from a point of hindsight is what makes this film so spectacular to watch. One thing I truly appreciated was Robert De Niro's engaging performance as Al Capone. To heck with Marlon Brando in The Godfather. While the film does have a very Hollywoodesque feel to it, the pacing and the story tend to help you forget that this film was made to cater to Oscar voters. This is one of my favorite De Palma films, and I'll always consider him a good director due to the vision and heart he put into this production.