Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #51. The Untouchables

Genre: Drama/Drame

Annee/Year: 1987

Format: Blu Ray

The Untouchables. This was one of the big blockbusters from the 80's. I have to admit that the classic from director Brian DePalma has aged a bit. Some of the sets and music sounds like it is from another age but not necessarily from the roaring '20s. Specially the score from Ennio Morricone (which i usually like but seemed a bit out of place now). This movie enjoyed a cast extraordinaire with Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Rober DeNiro and Andy Garcia and more...
The story is thrilling while very loosely based on a true story fo Eliot Ness the FBI cop who took down Al Capone himself. great story. The transfer to blu ray was good but they did not enhance it in the way they did for Doctor Zhivago for example. Still a good reason to revisit a good classic and definitely an evening well invested for younger ones.

Les incorruptibles fut un des grands succès des années 80. Brian DePalma put fournir une distribution incroyable pour ce film: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Rober DeNiro, Andy Garcia et plus. La chimie entre les acteurs est vraiment le secret dans la sauce ici. Le film a cependant mal vieillit sur plusieurs aspects, dont la trame musicale de Ennio Morricone qui semble aujourd'hui mal utilisée. Enfin, la sortie du Blu-Ray nous assure une qu’alite adéquate pour un classique de cette période.

Great quotes:

Capone: I want you to get this fuck where he breathes! I want you to find this nancy-boy Eliot Ness, I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON HIS ASHES!

Malone: You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: make sure when your shift is over you go home alive. Here endeth the lesson

Malone: You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I'm saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Ness: Anything and everything in my power.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way because they're not gonna give up the fight until one of you is dead. Ness: How do you do it then?
Malone: You wanna know how you do it? Here's how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone! Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so. Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward. Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, 'cause you just took one.

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/

Rating perso: 7.0/10