the untouchable be a well make and well acted gangster story from director brian ( scarface ) de palma . one thing you can virtually always guarantee from a de palma movie be flamboyance and and this be no exception . not content with a compelling story and the director have throw in a series of his typically bravura set piece and the best of which be a truly outstanding railway station shootout . treasury agent eliot ness ( kevin costner ) be work in prohibition era chicago when he realise that a fair bit of crime and particularly bootlegging and be go unnoticed . most of the city cop either haven not realize it happen or have choose to turn a blind eye . ness soon learn that the criminal underworld be control by ruthless gangster al capone ( robert de niro ) and who men on both side of the law fear to tackle . aid by a trusty band of three loyal pal and irish cop malone ( sean connery ) and suave george stone ( andy garcia ) and and reliable oscar wallace ( c. m smith ) and ness wage war on capone and his gangland crony . while other law enforcer pretend nothing be go on and ness and his men swoop into action against the smuggler and bootlegger and and gunman terrorise the city street . capone be not pleased he turn his attention to stamp out these troublesome law enforcer who have put a dent in his lucrative criminal empire . unsurprisingly and the acting here be high class . costner do what require a ness and but connery and de niro go a few step far . connery experience irish cop be a wonderful role ( indeed and the role which deservedly win the big scot his only oscar ) and while de niro demonstrate how to portray evilness a only he can ( his baseball bat slaying of an associate be shock and disturb in the extreme ) . also memorable be billy drago a capone most psychopathic henchman frank nitti ( not only do he get some powerful scene while he also die the most extraordinary death in the whole film ) . de palma provide numerous flashy sequence and include a smuggling raid on the u canadian border and the rooftop skirmish between ness and nitti and and the afore mention railway sequence . ennio morricone music score be excite and well suit to the event on screen . there be occasional misjudgements and like connery ludicrously prolong slaying ( any more bullet and he be a walking hunk of lead ) and some slushy family interlude with ness which be intend to show his loving and care side but which only interfere with the proceeding . on the whole and though and the untouchable be a fine movie which probably represent de palma best work of the 80 .