The Untouchables

The Untouchables

By Brian De Palma

  • Genre: Action & Adventure
  • Release Date: 1987-06-03
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Director: Brian De Palma
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 14.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.8/10
7.8
From 5,359 Ratings

Description

The critics and public agree. Brian De Palma's The Untouchables is a must-see masterpiece - glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago... and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.

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Reviews

  • One you pass on for generations

    5
    By That Guy 589
    They just don’t make movies like they used to. Classic!
  • So Many Great Scenes

    5
    By broodingboy
    The movie has several phenomenal scenes: the church scene with Connery, the recruitment of George Stone (Andy Garcia’s character), the “baseball” scene, the assassination in Racine St. and Nitti’s final moments all are well done. The soundtrack is by Morricone and the wardrobe is by Armani — DePalma’s direction gives it a gritty graphic novelesque feel.
  • Classic!!!💯

    5
    By spdgtkt
    Thoroughly entertaining!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
  • Really a terribly made film

    2
    By the_fish_
    Don't let the subject matter/ cast fool you here. A way overdue oscar was awarded on this film, but the performances are bad. I really wanted to like this and have watched it many times trying to grasp at anything. It is a very very over rated film.
  • A Perfect Revisonist Gangster Film

    5
    By Semper liberi
    Everything about this film is superb.
  • A Touchable Film

    5
    By 1999 Boy Critic
    When I say The Untouchables is a touchable film, I most certainly do not mean that it's weak. I'm saying that there are touching scenes in this film. Now that that's out of the way, I adore The Untouchables. I adore it for it's action scenes, heart breakers, good characters, awesome music, and of course, good villains. Robert De Niro as Al Capone was a great choice. He does a great job of showing the audience the monster Capone really was. Sean Connery also does a good job as Malone, but I remember De Niro the most. The dramatic moments in this movie are some of the most violent yet emotional you will ever see. The Untouchables is one of my favorite movies of all time. That deserves an untouchable 10/10.
  • "????WE GOT 5.1 (HD)SOUND NO 1080p(HD)????"

    2
    By khoven
    Thank you, "iTunes" for the refund. Hope"Paramount Pictures" corrects the quality of the download, and truly make available 1080p(HD) for$17.99 Do something Paramount, please be honest to your fellow americans. Since you made a boo boo, like sell for $9.99 in 1080p(HD) to americans and countries like Japan, Jack up the price.
  • GARBAGE

    1
    By FoShizzleInMYNizzle
    This is perhaps the most overdone movie I've ever had the displeasure of watching. I haven't felt myself cringing in more consecutive scenes than in my movie-watching experience. I'd feel more comfortable watching educational sex videos with my parents. This is trash. Nothing develops properly, the acting is incredibly forced, the storyline is jagged, and the film is entirely unrepresentative of the epic classic that was Al Capone's life. Not to mention, the scene where the monopoly-guy attempts to bribe Costner might be the most pathetic attempt at acting cinematography has ever encountered. Unfortunately, zero starts is not an option. In fact, now that I've reached the end of this review I realize just how incredibly bored I must be to take the time to write it. Simply sad. Now, I must pay my eye-doctor a visit to stop this persistent bleeding.
  • Possibly the best movie ever made: perfectly scripted, diverse, authentic and unique

    5
    By DUKEBASKETBALLFAN
    If I were to make a chart featuring the 50 best characters ever, Capone, Ness, Wallace, and stone would all be on the list, and of course, Malone would be in the top 3 with the corleones. The film features a diverse but excellently combined quartet of cops as well as a resisting gang led by respected Chicagoan, Al Capone. It's a sad reality version of a police success, and will leave you feeling triumphant every time you finish watching it. Al Capone is a respected man in Chicago. He is so respected, that no one dares to make a move on him, even when he is accused of sending gangsters to bomb a store that would not purchase illegal alcohol. Then, Elliott Ness steps up. Elliott Ness and three other cops, (a wise irish chicago police veteran, a tough new italian recruit, and a short, determined, energetic accountant who has never held a shotgun in his life, but learns he can OWN any fight with one,) are the only cops who steps up to fight the mob. Through the hardships of dead and dirty cops, setups, threats, risks, and fear, the cops eventually beat Capone's mob in this masterpiece thrill ride.
  • NOT THE BEST

    3
    By Person of Few Words
    With an all-star cast I had high hopes for this film, but they fell short.

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