Kevin Costner’s The Untouchables is now streaming and is still one of the best films (and performances) of his entire career

Kevin Costner’s 1987 historical crime drama The untouchables is now streaming and both the film itself and its cast remain a highlight of the actor’s career. The untouchables tells the true story of Elliott Ness (Kevin Costner) and his team of “untouchable” – in the sense that they couldn’t be bribed – cops as they try to take down notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone. Al Capone was a notorious bootlegger who illegally brought alcohol into the United States during Prohibition, and Ness eventually arrested him for tax evasion. However, the path there was paved with blood, bullets and more than a few corpses.

Now, The untouchables can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video. Its new streaming home could mean that people who have never seen the film before can finally experience one of Kevin Costner’s best films, as well as one of the best casts he has ever starred in. These same viewers will also see that Costner is so much more than his most typical roles and that he can deliver a compelling performance in far more than just westerns and sports films.

“The Untouchables” proves that Kevin Costner is more than westerns and sports films

Costner is known for westerns and sports films, but The Untouchables shows he can do so much more

Kevin Costner’s best films largely fall into two genres: westerns and sports. Most people will know him from films like Dances with wolves or Field of dreamsBut The untouchables has proven that Costner can do much more than just westerns and sports films. It even manages to mix a historical drama with a crime drama. Kevin Costner couldn’t have been better cast as the real US financial agent Elliott Ness, who brought down Al Capone. The untouchables was also years before JFKSo it was the first time that Costner delved into the history books for his character work.

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Elliott Ness is also one of Kevin Costner’s most unique characters, especially in the late 1980s. At this time, Costner regularly played characters who were past their prime and looking more to the past than to the future, such as in Bull Durham. Ness, however, was a bright-eyed young agent, and while this was largely against type, Costner nailed his portrayal. It also illustrated the depths to which Ness had to sink and the anger and fear he felt as a result of his fight with Capone. The untouchables is easily one of Costner’s most complex and sympathetic performances of all time.

The Untouchables cast is incredible — but Kevin Costner still stands out

Costner stood out among Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson and others in The Untouchables

What does The untouchables What makes Kevin Costner’s film so great is the fact that it still stands out among such a star-studded cast. Together with Costner, The untouchables Starring Robert De Niro as Al Capone, Sean Connery as Jim Malone, Andy Garcia as George Stone, Patricia Clarkson as Catherine Ness and more. There’s even a lot of talent behind the camera The untouchables: Directed by Brian De Palma, the score is by western legend Ennio Morricone. Connery even won an Oscar for best supporting actor The untouchablesand yet somehow Costner still shined just as brightly.

If Kevin Costner hadn’t played Elliott Ness, The untouchables probably wouldn’t have been a success. He was a master of the moral complexity and righteous anger that the role needed to work, and he single-handedly delivered many of the moments that defined it The untouchables One of the best dad movies of all time. Proof of how well Costner commanded The untouchables lies in a handful of scenes, like Elliott throwing Nitti out of the courthouse or taunting Capone after his trial. Kevin Costner played Elliott Ness almost perfectly The untouchablesand the rest of its star-studded cast only made the film even more of a classic.

Directed by Brian De Palma, The Untouchables is a crime drama set in Prohibition-era Chicago. In the film, Kevin Costner plays the role of Eliot Ness, a federal agent determined to take down notorious gangster Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro. Alongside Sean Connery as veteran officer Jim Malone, Ness forms an elite team to combat organized crime, with a focus on the legal strategy to dismantle Capone’s empire.

director

Brian De Palma

Release date

June 3, 1987

Studio(s)

Paramount Pictures

Sales partner

Paramount Pictures

writer

David Mamet

Duration

1h 59m

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