A great movie with a star cast, a must for fans of the gangster genre

I'm not a huge fan of Kevin Costner, but I am a huge fan Of Sean Connery. The rest of the cast was excellent and helped to smooth out Costners role. I grew up watching the Untouchables on TV and I have to say the movie not only did the story line...
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I'm not a huge fan of Kevin Costner, but I am a huge fan Of Sean Connery. The rest of the cast was excellent and helped to smooth out Costners role. I grew up watching the Untouchables on TV and I have to say the movie not only did the story line of Elliot Ness and The UNtouchables justice it took it over the top. I found the acting incredible and the character development and relationships superb. I was drawn in and never left until the movie ended. I don't watch gangster movies too often but the Untouchables is at the top of the heep in this genre. Supense, emotion, action, humour and irony are all part of this excellent film and it gets two thumbs up from me.

The Untouchables could have been great, but cheesy cliches and an uninspired script never let it reach its potential.

After watching The Untouchables, I couldn't help but feel disappointed. The film is plagued with the...
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The Untouchables could have been great, but cheesy cliches and an uninspired script never let it reach its potential.

After watching The Untouchables, I couldn't help but feel disappointed. The film is plagued with the aforementioned flaws, but something I find really wrong is Brian De Palma never goes into enough detail about Al Capone (played by Robert De Niro). We catch a glimpse into his personality in the beginning of the movie, but after that they only show short scenes of him being a bad guy. You'd think a movie made about the capture of one of the most notorious figures in the history of organized crime would develop the character a little more.

With that said, The Untouchables does do a good job of looking like the era it takes place in. You can tell a lot of work went into the costumes and settings. It's just too bad not as much attention was paid to other aspects of the movie.

De Niro and Connery do the best acting jobs here. If there were more scenes with them, then the film itself could have been much more enjoyable. Everyone else does a mediocre job, but it's not all their fault--the script isn't exactly engaging.

This movie was frustrating to watch because, scene after scene, I had to watch as my expectations slowly failed to be met. I did learn something from watching The Untouchables, though--never buy a movie off hype alone.

The Untouchables is a verry good movie, the acting is great, Sean Connery is superb, Kevin Costner is verry good, Andy Garcia is great, and so is Robert DeNiro. The directing by Brian DePalma though is not so great, it`s pretty colorless, just...
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The Untouchables is a verry good movie, the acting is great, Sean Connery is superb, Kevin Costner is verry good, Andy Garcia is great, and so is Robert DeNiro. The directing by Brian DePalma though is not so great, it`s pretty colorless, just like Scarface. The script is well written, when Sean Connerys character Jimmy Malone dies you realy care about it and thats the way a movie should be.