Lush-looking and sounding period police procedural.

Rating: 6/10 (7 May 2004)

A lushly designed and photographed period picture about a group of treasury officers out to nail Al Capone for tax evasion.
It has Brian de Palma's usual superlative visual style and approach to violence, but this time the cops are the good guys. Spaghetti Western legendary composer Ennio Morricone gives a very nice score indeed with touches of Inspector Gadget, which fixes the main element which hampered Scarface, its score.
A treat to watch, with good performances, Untouchables announces itself as a prestigeous picture from its credits, which are very handsome indeed, and i believe it lives up to them.
De Niro and Connery could have been a little better - but Costner holds it all together here.
This is definitely the best de Palma picture i've seen, but probably not as original and memorable as Scarface.
Highlight: the sequence with the little girl in the corner store at the beginning, and Malone's final scene.