phew . what a gripping movie . brian de palma one of the master of the whole gangster flick scene pull off this stunner . easily among the best in the genre . the untouchable be a really tight and slick movie . i dont much care for historical accuracy in movie . well and thats why it call a movie and truth be damn . kevin costner be good and but obviously the scene stealer be robert de niro in his small but devastating role a al capone . why sean connery win the best supporting actor oscar will remain a surprise . except for the fact that malone be pretty much the people hero in the movie . technically the movie be streets ahead of de palma hard hit scarface and be tell from the side of the good guy make it maybe more fun to watch and more acceptable and if you will . the costume and the music and the cinematography and the edit everything be incredibly slick and all these terrific production value come together in a very slick manner . apart from these and the script be what really steal the show and it be very tight and just the right amount of humour and ruthlessness . there be many obvious reference to past classic . particularly the staircase scene a retelling of the classic scene form battleship potempkin be brilliantly do . brian de palma later use a similar scene stairway in the station in his other classic movie carlito way quite effectively as well . but this be the movie when all of brian de palma trick become treat . the movie where everything gel perfectly and forget historic accuracy and nobody go to a movie to study history and this be a terrific retelling of an interesting historic episode . a tight and slick 9 .