The Untouchables (1987)

In 7 words or less: 'G-man' Elliot Ness vs Al Capone 

What's it all About? With police corruption rife, federal agent Elliot Ness and a small team attempt to strike at the heart of organised crime by bringing down the big dog himself, Al Capone (played brilliantly by Bob De Niro)

Best bits? The films closing 10 minute train station scene is full of tense, suspenseful drama and is a real tour de force. 

Did it make you think thoughts? Connery won the best supporting actor Oscar even though his Irish accent is one of the worst ever in movie history challenging Pitt's effort in The Devil's Own, Cruise in Far and Away and Lee Edwards in Blown Away. Oh well, we know that the Academy is pretty clueless. In fact, this film is full of strangeties. Not only did Connery somehow win an Oscar but the film also snagged one for Best Original Score. Surely only because it was by Ennio Morricone as most of it's up beat, friendly-feel jingles seem wildly out of place.

This guys head is about to be introduced to a baseball bat

By all accounts, the majority of the story is fictionalised but that's ok as the action and drama is quite exciting and entertaining throughout. It's fairly operatic in nature and De Plama's standard style-over-substance routine is evident but slightly reigned in by the David Mamet script. 

'Do you feel lucky punk?'

Would you watch it again? Yeah, it's ok, if a bit long, but it's light hearted, in places, take on gangsters v cops is good Sunday afternoon fare. 

Rating (out of 100%): I give The Untouchables a bootlegging 68%

Better than: Dick Tracy (1990)
Worse than: LA Confidential (1997)