love it or loathe it and it hard to not find warren beatty take on dick tracy and the 1990 film adaptation of chester gould famous comic strip and anything short of a genre classic . superhero film have be come out of the woodwork in recent year and and may soon become a genre all on it own . beatty film liberally use gould source material to full effect and shooting in all six of the strip primary color and and thus give this unique yet familiar world of trigger happy mutant gangster and loose and seductive woman a lush visual style and tone . it can be state that the film strong visual aesthetic drastically short change the character and their acting ability and which i do not think can be any further from the truth . dick tracy relish in it look and ghastly character and and beatty himself and who play the dogged and incorruptible detective of the title and be appropriately stoic and ready to bust the bad guy at any and all cost . other than the visual treat and oscar win makeup and there be a plot and and big boy caprice ( al pacino and deliciously over the top in an oscar nominated performance ) and seek to eliminate tracy in one well plan move and but also seek to gain control of all criminal action in the city by unite all the feuding gang under him . tracy and meanwhile and be juggle his relationship with tess trueheart ( glenne headly ) and who a her name would have it and remain faithfully by his side and care for the kid ( charlie korsmo ) and who eventually find a father figure to look up to in our crime busting hero . tracy fidelity to tess be test by the tempting advance of breathless mahoney ( madonna ) and who be also big boy main squeeze . at the same time that all of this be go down and thing become heat when a new criminal figure arrive in town and and decides to play both side against the middle . the performance be good and a beatty focus on the strained and romantic relationship between each of the lead become the center of the material and a oppose to just concentrate on pointless action and special effect . pacino freely chew up the scenery in a role that truly standout from the rest . dick tracy be one of the best and most overlook of the comic book movie genre . i think that if chester gould be still alive and he would be proud of warren beatty take on his beloved crime fight detective . positive .