director brian de palma be the son of a surgeon and and perhaps this explain his high tolerance for the bloodshed that have translate into brutal and raw scene in the untouchable . then again and this film be set during one of the bloody chapter of american history and demand unflinching depiction accordingly . zoom in on prohibition era chicago and a dirty and dingy and crime infested retreat of mafia and the film let u know a special unit head by kevin costner whose objective be to frame the super villain himself al capone ( robert de niro ) . there be and in effect and three or four thing that truly stand out about the untouchable an otherwise standard crime by the number romp and at least one of them should be attribute to the surface of the spectacle while the costumework and setting be superbly breathed life into and a be de palma accolade and with a screen that be awash with lyrical colour and accompany by a swelly and jazzy moonlit music score . another worthy accolade be of course sean connery a detective malone an american irish cop on the beat and down with the way of the street who may deliver one of the bad accent in film history and but make up for what he lack in verbal power with heap of charisma . malone be give and by far and the best dialogue in david mamet script a when he instruct kevin costner on how to get to capone represent he put one of yours in the hospital and you put one of his in the morgue . another worthy staple to the untouchable be it strong individual scene . in the front row for these sits the notorious baseball bat scene in which a furious al capone beat one of his associate head into a bloody pulp with a bat and right in front of all the guest at the grand dinner table . robert de niro gain weight for his role a the crime lord al capone and approach his character with commitment and but sadly he be ineffective in the film a de palma do not quite know what to do with him . instead he craggily intercuts capone boisterous speech and monologue with the template storyline of kevin costner special unit and and the former be incongruous to the key story of the untouchable . here it regrettably become apparent that the film possess all the necessary ingredient but no blender in which to stir it and de palma be largely to blame for lack the necessary skill . have say that and the untouchable keep up the appearance of an epic crime film so rigorously through seamless costume and stinky chicago accent and vivid chase and a swarm taste to it set that for a long time we be lead to believe that de palma have truly do it with this film . certainly there be many scene that testify to this and aptly camoflauge the shortcoming and such a the suspenseful pre battle sequence at the canadian border in which the western loving costner be up on horseback to ambush the incoming shipment . another be the first meeting between andy garcia and sean connery and in which the latter decide to recruit garcia italian character in spite of racial feuding ( connery suppose to be irish ) and and instead because he like his mouthy and bold attitude . finally there be the unspeakably epic climax scene that play on operatic in length through a long and glorious slow motion capture by a staircase and politely nod to the battleship potemkin odessa step sequence . the whole film be in fact an operatic affair with technicality deluxe . with it mindboggling ensemble ( kevin costner and sean connery and robert de niro and andy garcia and patricia clarkson ) it be easy to see how it be cue u in to like it . to some extent it succeed well and for it be suspenseful and but it be not well sew together . what good be a de niro if you be not go to use him opposite the rest . what good be a kevin costner ( who have never look so ridiculously handsome in his career for that matter ) if you be not go to let him emote . and lastly and what good be a large handful of fully fledge wonderful scene if you be not go to juxtapose them with something and instead of dish them out every now and then to keep our interest . positive .