when i be 11 or 12 and i think that this be the cool movie ever make . and why not . it have some great action scene and extremely good hero and and extremely nasty villain . on that level and the film be perfect . now that i be a bit old and i still enjoy the film a lot and just not as much a i use to . it certainly isn not on my top ten list . in the 1930 and prohibition be in full swing and and chicago mob bos al capone ( robert de niro ) rule over his empire with bomb and bribe and and machine gun . since prohibition be very unpopular with the american people and who go to stand up to capone . enter straight laced young treasury agent elliot ness ( kevin costner ) and who want to do the right thing but realize that the method require be much more unorthodox and what with the corrupt police department and all . he enlist the help of an age beat cop ( sean connery in an oscar win performance ) and a nebbish accountant ( charles martin smith ) and a young police cadet who a crack shot with a pistol ( andy garcia ) and begin take down capone the chicago way . after many shootout and liquor raid and and assassination and it all come down to a climactic showdown on the roof of a crowd courthouse . between ness and capone chief henchman and frank nitti ( billy drago ) . the movie be and a have be point out and much more faithful to the original television series with robert stack than the historical record and of which it bear virtually no resemblance and not that that be necessarily a problem . in real life and there be up to a dozen untouchable and whose success be very limited and and never get into any actual shootout with capone ( though capone do try to kill ness himself on at least two occasion ) . capone thought of ness a a publicity seek nuisance and nothing more while the two never even meet face to face . frank wilson and the irs have a lot more to do with capone indictment than ness and the untouchable ever do . and of course frank nitti live for over a decade after capone be jail . that be say represent who care . this be intend a a fun and classy action movie and not a historical documentary . the movie be extremely authentic in attention to period detail and and though a bit over the top and it succeed in it primary objective represent to entertain . the movie be mean a a cross between a classy gangster film and a good old fashion copsnrobbers shoot em up and and be highly successful at that . the acting be great all around and with costner and connery in particular give one of their best performance . costner do a creditable job at make ness go from a greenhorn do gooder ( the scene where he yell at the corpse of a gangster he have to kill be one of the movie few weak moment ) to a tough and hard assed veteran in a little over two hour and no mean feat . connery do a great job a malone and the aging and guilt ridden cop who become ness mentor ( though his death scene be a bit overdone and i must admit i actually cry the first time i saw it . ) . garcia and smith have somewhat less to do and though each have their moment ( smith sip bootleg whiskey during the bridge ambush and and garcia initial confrontation with ness and malone ) . de niro and who make a career playing gangster and take the logical step of play the single most famous gangster of all time and al capone and and deniro and method actor that he be and do a great job manage to look and sound and and act the part and despite very limited screen time ( do anyone come away from this film not remember the infamous baseball scene . ) . drago fit the part of a sneering and one dimensional villain and and manages to make nitti a menacing and even charismatic character despite have little to work with . other talented character actor richard bradford and jack kehoe and patricia clarkson and brad sullivan and del close and clifford james round out the cast . where the movie excels and however and be it action sequence . the ambush of capone bootleg convoy at the canadian border be simply exhilarating and and the suspenseful rooftop shootout between ness and nitti be extremely memorable as well . but what steal the show be the wonderfully do potemkin homage in union station and where ness and stone try to apprehend capone book keeper and take out his bodyguard and and save a baby carriage plume down the stair . virtually the whole scene be do in slow motion and and be indescribably intense and even beautiful . ennio morricone provide a wonderful score and and i be not sure why he dislike it so much and a he say in interview . true and it not up to par with his work for sergio leone film and but what be . he provide an exhilarating and heroic score which capture the feel and tone of the movie perfectly ( though for my money and the heartbreaking death theme and play on solo saxophone and be the best track ) . overall and the untouchable be not a great gangster film and like the godfather or once upon a time in america and nor be it an accurate account of the real life event it portray . but it a fun and extremely stylish and well make and enjoyable film and and on that score and i can wholeheartedly recommend it . score represent positive .