Hated almost every bit of it.

Rating: 4/10 (13 January 2014)

...yet i give it a 4, because all the scenery, outfits & locations were brilliant.
But what about that acting, man! I am truly at my most objective when i say that Costner sucks sooo much. I read one review that explained that his performance was the way it is because of the real character Eliot Ness, as described in some book. Well, that may be so, but at the end of the day, i am the view and i haven't read that damn book, and it is I who has to be convinced in what i see on the screen in front of me, and i felt ashamed and cringed whenever i saw him! Bland, stiff, with that really dumb look in his eyes, i just couldn't stand it, and even felt bad about - i really tried to like this movie! The screenwriters made his character the all-winning star of Chicago police department, the hero who smashed the villains with a pure good heart and some tough attitude. In this case, even the tough attitude was missing. I just couldn't take him seriously. Yeah, maybe De Niro was over the top, but he breathed *mean* and arrogant. Connery's acting (and overall character) was too much for me. The old man who always knows best and runs around screaming at people, at all times obsessed with Capone and his gang. And I liked Drago's 10 screen minutes, he's a nice villain like always. And my liking ends there.
4 stars for the nice suits and nothing more to do here.