The Untouchables

By Harry McPhaul

The Untouchables was a highly entertaining film.  From the violence to the drama each scene held some sort of importance.  I liked how the action was not over the top.  It was all required to recreate how dangerous or desperate the City of Chicago had become with Al Capone ruling over everyone. There were not any scenes that felt fake or excessive. 

After viewing this film I thought that it had some similar qualities to the Oscar nominated film Zero Dark Thirty.  In that, I already knew how it was going to end but the journey to get there was still captivating.  Also each protagonist ends up reaching their final goal to bring down the one man who they spent countless hours tracking.

 The acting in The Untouchables was outstanding.  This was the first Sean Connery film I can vividly remember. His performance made his Oscar win well deserved.  He almost stole the movie from Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness).  During the beginning of the film when the group was forming he was shown to be more knowledgeable and experienced then Ness.  This created a little confusion as to who was the leader. The hierarchy in the group was later easily understood after Ness got settled in Chicago and started to figure out how to bring down Capone.

Each one of the actors in the group (Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia, and Charles Martin Smith) and Robert DeNiro who played Al Capone all produced a magnificent film.  It made me rethink the way I thought of Costner’s acting abilities.  I would highly recommend this film.  I would give it a 9/10. Must see.