1987 · crime · drama · gangster
The Untouchables
Directed by Brian De Palma1h 59m1987
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Our read: The Untouchables (1987) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded crime · drama · gangster entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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