A classic! A must-see mob thriller!

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2005)

Untouchables, The/1987/****
Main Stars: Kevin Costner Sean Connery Robert DeNiro Andy Garcia
The first time I saw this film, I saw only half of it and it was not that long ago. But this time I saw the whole thing. I just popped in the tape and watched the whole thing two weeks after I recorded it off of the AMC channel. Obviously there were commercials to fast forward through but I didn't care because whenever the movie would fade and go to a commercial, it kept me going wanting to press the two arrows pointing to the right (on the button). Every time a commercial would come, the suspense killed me! I could literally hear my heart thumping THUMP pause THUMP pause THUMP in the dead silence not even hearing the VCR fast forwarding. I actually wanted to fast forward through all the disgusting commercials. It was near Halloween when I recorded the movie meaning AMC had their traditional "Monsterfest" movies throughout the month of October. They showed the clip of the famous "knife" scene from the movie "Carrie" (Stephen King novel). Then showed the famous "jumping" scene from the John Carpenter classic "Halloween". Then a not so famous scene from the very disgusting movie (I could tell because the person had no skin but just bones, blood, muscles showing) Hellbound: Hellraiser II. That was one of the worst movies of all time besides the original "Hellraiser". Stupid, Stupid! Other movie clips shown were: "Scream" (1 and 2), "Friday the 13", another clip from "Carrie", and the horrible acted movie "The Amityville Horror" (original). Woops! I forgot! I need to be reviewing the movie. Let me shorten this a bit. This movie was basically trying to catch the notorious villain named Al Capone and the rest of his gang members. In the middle of trying to catch Al Capone and his gang members were many gruesome killings and many gunfights, and an interrogation. There was another very long scene where Kevin Costner's character Agent Elliot Ness has to help a lady bring her baby stroller and luggage up these steps to a train station but he also had to shoot some guys in the process. He shot a guy and then accidentally knocked the stroller over but his sidekick Andy Garcia's character Giuseppe Petri (Agent George Stone fake name) saves it just in time. This movie also includes a chase on rooftops of many buildings until finally a member of Capone's gang gets pushed off one of the building's rooftops. Okay, why did I like this movie so much? Well, mainly because Sean Connery is one of my favorite actors. I also think Kevin Costner and Robert DeNiro did a great job in this movie as well. Andy Garcia was okay in this and so was everyone else besides Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, and Robert DeNiro. I also thought the story was quite entertaining and suspenseful. The cinematography was excellent which was directed by Stephen H. Burum, A.S.C. and the music was also excellent which was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Ennio Morricone. Even though this movie was violent and had some blood and gore, that doesn't mean you can't see it. Since I had the cut version (taped from AMC which cuts out every little thing), it wasn't as bad as if I had the uncut version. I still thought it was violent but I could tell they cut out a few swear words. I know if a movie like this has a person that says "darn" or "goodness" or "golly" and has all this blood and gore, there is something wrong with the makers of the movie! Movie directed by Brian De Palma.