The Untouchables (1987)

This riveting take on the TV show features Costner's star-making turn as Ness and De Palma's bloody set pieces, including a railway station climax nodding to Potemkin. Mamet's dialogue, Morricone's score and Connery's Oscar-winning role as the veteran cop stand out as highlights.

The critic calls it De Palma's most completely satisfying movie, praising the tight Mamet script, strong performances from De Niro, Connery and others, and the bold, entertaining direction and Morricone score.

The film is a smashing, vulgar, violent, funny and sometimes breathtakingly beautiful work that redeems Hollywood's reputation for profligacy. It stands out for its distinctive personality, rich performances (especially De Niro as Capone) and Mamet's screenplay directed with daring by De Palma.

The film delivers time-honoured mayhem in Chicago through De Palma and Mamet's embrace of enduring myth, which works effectively. Connery's pragmatic cop steals the show as the human anchor between Costner and De Niro, with strong set pieces and performances highlighted.

The Untouchables is a beautifully crafted portrait of Prohibition-era Chicago with De Palma's skilled hand and standout performances, especially Connery as Malone. It gains momentum from the street cop character and features an intense signature baby carriage scene.

De Palma serves up a moral dilemma about battling evil without corruption in an overripe Prohibition era. The film shines with great look, action set-pieces, and standout performances by Connery and De Niro, though it leans toward the lurid side.

The film is a violent, masculine recreation of the Capone era that boils down to machismo validated by its badge, stripped of De Palma’s trademark sensuality and wit. Mamet’s narrative verve prevents full engagement with the director’s set pieces, rendering even the Potemkin homage facile.

The critic calls it two hours of fairly solid entertainment and an uplifting parable about right beating might. He singles out the performances of Sean Connery and Robert De Niro for particular praise while noting the film's lack of originality compared to The Godfather.

The film is a straightforward, well-crafted black hats vs. white hats actioner that succeeds as a perceptive character confrontation loaded with ironies. De Palma directs tightly and true overall, with strong praise for the supporting performances, especially Sean Connery and Robert De Niro.

The review praises David Mamet's screenplay for its structure and dialogue, along with strong performances from Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia and especially Sean Connery. It criticizes the overlong railway station shoot-out as a labored Eisenstein pastiche and notes De Niro's Capone lacks real confrontation with Ness.

The critic calls Brian De Palma's film a tour-de-force that is hard to beat for sheer satisfaction as a straightforward good guys vs bad guys gangster story. They single out the Union Station set-piece as the magnificent highlight alongside the strong score and Mamet dialogue.