De Palma at his best

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2006)

This a fine crime drama movie. Kevin Costner does a fine turn as Elliot Ness the man who would hunt down and take down Al Capone's empire. Kevin Costner does the role of his life in this and the only other thing by him that even comes close to this is The Postman. Sean Connery does good in this as an Irish cop who is trying to redeem himself. I believe that this is and was the turning point in Connery's career. Before this he was seen as a has been and had been type cast as James Bond, but this broke him out of that rut by showing that he had range. Charles Martin Smith is funny in this as he is in almost all of his movies. Can't wait to see him do something big again. Andy Garcia makes an early appearance in this as well and it helps the film as he is a good actor. But the real saving grace of this is Robert De Neiro. This is his forth collaboration with director Brian De Palma and it is probably their best effort together. Although I like Greetings a lot. Brian De Palma finally gets out of a tough patch that he was in and makes another masterpiece. This is easily one of my top five favorites from De Palma. Watch this.