- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adrian Turner
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5 out of 5
In this riveting take on the old TV show from director Brian De Palma, Kevin Costner gives a star-making performance as Eliot Ness, the quiet Treasury agent and family man who picks up a pump-action rifle in order to rid Chicago of bootlegger Al Capone. Always a showman, if not a show-off, De Palma lets loose with a barrage of bloody set pieces, notably the climax at the railway station - a nod to the famous Odessa steps sequence in The Battleship Potemkin. David Mamet's dialogue crackles, Ennio Morricone's music soars and the production design sparkles. Andy Garcia joins the team, and a plumped-up Robert De Niro plays Capone, yet for many the main attraction of this modern classic is Sean Connery's Oscar-winning turn as the veteran Irish cop who shows Costner the ropes.
Plot Summary
Oscar-winning crime drama starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia and Robert De Niro. Determined young federal agent Eliot Ness leads a tough team of investigators in a dangerous mission to end Al Capone's violent reign of terror in Prohibition-era Chicago.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Eliot Ness
- Kevin Costner
- Jim Malone
- Sean Connery
- George Stone
- Andy Garcia
- Al Capone
- Robert De Niro
- Oscar Wallace
- Charles Martin Smith
- Mike
- Richard Bradford
- Payne
- Jack Kehoe
- George
- Brad Sullivan
- Frank Nitti
- Billy Drago
- Ness's wife
- Patricia Clarkson
Crew
- Director
- Brian De Palma
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