"Untouchable" is a 1987 crime drama starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro and Andy Garcia.
Without giving too much away, the story is about Treasury agent Eliot Ness played by Kevin Costner. He tries to collapse Al Capone's crime syndicate, but nothing works because the whole city of Chicago is corrupt from top to bottom.
One day he sees a cop on the beat named Jim Malone (played by Sean Connery). Agent Ness sees in Officer Malone pride as a guardian of law, and a flame of commitment to justice still flickering at the bottom of his heart.
Ness asks Malone for help to bring Capone to justice, and Malone agrees only on the condition that Ness himself should also commit fully to the difficult task ahead.
All in all, Director Brian De Palmo, who also directed "Mission Impossible" (1996) later on, has coaxed Oscar-worthy performances from all four main characters mentioned above, and one of them actually did get Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sean Connery). Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia are still so young and full of vibrancy. And Sean Connery shows an aspect of his talent different from those seen in his 007 role. Robert De Niro's sinister presence and unstoppable arrogance in his role as a Mafia Boss are also worth checking out.
It's a movie worth seeing even 30 years after its first release. If you haven't decided what to do this weekend, you should check it out. If you are a Amazon Prime member, you can see it on your PC with no additional charge.
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