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The Untouchables
1987
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3.1
But it does not have a great script, great performances or great direction.
Rogerebert
5.0
Still, The Untouchables is two hours of fairly solid entertainment, an eventually uplifting parable about right beating might, cast in the form of a W ..
The Guardian
2.5
But his vanilla smooth narrative verve never lets audiences soak in De Palmas trademark set pieces.
3.5
That irony buttresses this old fashioned, well crafted black hats vs. white hats shootout.
The Hollywood Reporter
5.0
The films final shoot out is a direct ode to Battleship Potemkin s Odessa Steps sequence.
4.0
Its the closest thing we have to complexity, but the movies pleasures are simplistic, bravura filmmaking on the grandest of scales.In this age of comi ..
5.0
Other than that, this is a nearly perfect motion picture an epic indulgence of spectacle and exhilaration.
ReelViews
3.0
The Untouchables (1987) 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4) Tweet The Chicago Way By Jeffrey M. Anderson Based on the classic television show, The Untouchables is ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Femme Fatale, like all good noir films, is almost impossible to describe without giving something away.
Reel Film Reviews
5.0
Review Our Score by Adrian Turner In this riveting take on the old TV show from director Brian De Palma, Kevin Costner gives a star making performance ..
Radio Times
3.5
Costner does something of the same but has to work awfully hard at it.
Cs Monitor
4.4
Ant Man and the Wasp Like its predecessor Ant Man (2015), Ant Man and the Wasp benefits substantially from its relatively low stakes.
Q Network
5.0
Few old TV shows have been brought to the big screen with such lan as Brian De Palmas majestic adaptation of the 60s small screen classic The Untoucha ..
Bbc
5.0
He has, after prodigies of bloodshed and the loss of precious friends and values, fulfilled the classic destiny of a movie hero.
Time
4.8
David Mamets script is jam packed with heavily quoted lines and memorable bits, but I wish the final confrontation with Ness and Capone didnt end with ..
Lyles Movie Files
4.5
Mr. Costner, whose scenes were cut out of The Big Chill and who had small parts in American Flyers and Silverado, went into The Untouchables as a vagu ..
Ny Times
2.5
Its easy to believe that De Palmas heart isnt with his straight Arrow collar hero Ness (Kevin Costner), who has a boring wife, a boring house, an ador ..
La Times
2.5
Its an action film without much personality or drive and without enough imaginative detail to make the action gripping or meaningful.
Articles Chicago Tribune
2.0
In this case, De Palma wastes whatever chance there might have been to give this film some substance.
People
5.0
Its this ever present morality that justifies the stunningly directed, but vaguely exploitational action set pieces that provide the most conventional ..
Movie Martyr
3.5
One triumph of The Untouchables is the way its operatic style accommodates larger than life performances.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
4.0
The Untouchables will please adventure film addicts, as well as those who simply enjoy a good story with three dimensional characters.
Articles Sun Sentinel
3.5
Its a quirky tale of power, love and loneliness that is ultimately entertaining.
Upi
4.0
From the early sweat producing works of Hitchcock to the excruciating pressure of Kathryn Bigelows The Hurt Locker, increase your heart rate with some ..
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