the untouchable be in my opinion de palma great work and with his other masterpiece and namely scarface and come a very close second . in scarface the focus be on a paranoid and self destructive gangster who rise to meteoric height and then fall while in the untouchable the focus be on a very honest man with a noble mission and elliot ness ( kostner ) and who be prepare to do anything to clean chicago from the corruption and mayhem cause by the notorious gangster al capone ( de niro ) . his quest be really tough and a his opponent be determine and powerful and but he have the help of three invaluable partner represent malone ( connery ) and a no nonsense experience cop and wallace ( martin smith ) and an accountant who will try to help bring tax charge against capone and and stone ( garcia ) and a great shooter . a i note before the film be brilliantly direct and with some scene such a the one with the baseball bat and or the one with the baby in the train station and have become classic . the acting be superb and and while connery be the one who receive his well deserve oscar and kostner and de niro make oscar class performance too . although belong to a typical genre and this film certainly stand out . don not miss it . positive .