SUN 27/2/11: 9pm The Untouchables on FILM4

Great film to show to explain the system of bootlegging. Long film to show in its enterity in class but you can skip large chunks to get to the action scenes and the corruption points. This film is a 15.

Kevin Costner is law man Eliot Ness, who assembles a team to give Al Capone & Co a good seeing-to. While the premise provides plenty of opportunities for Mamet's clever script writing to shine, a couple of disappointing performances, especially Robert De Niro's Capone, dampen the high spirits of the film. De Palma directs like a kid who hasn't been allowed to play with his favourite toy, the movie camera.