In the walking the beat scene, Ness complains, "How did you know I was a treasury officer?" Malone: "Who would claim to be that, who is not?" And while Ness is trying to unravel that word salad, it's "Thus endeth the lesson." BRILLIANT!
Capone getting 11 years for tax evasion was actually a harsh sentence (for tax evasion, he didn't get charged with any of the murders). Frank Nitti survived Capone in real life. Ness was a drinker in real life and didn't have a daughter. The movie is not very historically accurate but it's a good movie
Fun fact Al Capone is always shown as a 50s old dude but was only 29 years old when he took over and 33 years old when he went to prison. All because he had one good idea (about contraband alcohol in the prohibition era) that made him and the Family a ton of money. You must look up the interviews of Michael Franzese (Only still living ex-mob boss who ever survived after getting out of the criminal life) as He was the younger generation and had a brilliant idea in the 1970s (this time about exploit fuel and gas stations) he sayed that (told to him by his dad who was a real mobster from the early days) aside the notoriety Al Capone was in reality less intimidating than any of the more aggressive mobster of his time. He just had a bussiness head.
@@ryanhampson673 Yeah Frank Nittiest was played in Road to Perdition by amazing actor Stanley Tucci while the underrated but great Billy Drago played him in this film
That's the great Ennio Morricone who did the music for The Untouchables. He also did the music for Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and John Carpenter's The Thing. One of the greatest composers in cinematic history.
@Krister L For Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight, but Tarantino mostly used previously recorded Morricone work from other movies like The Thing and the Man With No Name trilogy.
@@nostrebornod I would also love to see him do The Danish Girl as well if that falls into his parameters. Acting, cinematography and music way beyond magnificent.
One of his first. He’d already done Silverado (which was damn good) and American Flyers (which was not, but he was the star of it). Then he did this and No Way Out in the same year. He was an up and coming star when this movie came out. Not his first starring role, but definitely the biggest movie he’d been in to that date (unless you count the masterpiece that is Sizzle Beach USA, lol).
@@paulwagner688 that’s true, but I wouldn’t exactly call that a “major leading role.” Also, Sizzle Beach, USA is the absolute first move he was ever in, but it was so bad most people don’t consider it
The scene with the mother and baby was one of the most tense scenes of all time, because just keeps going, and going, and going... It's just amazing cinema as they don't make it anymore.
Fum fact Bob Hoskins given the script o play Al Capone, but they went with Robert De Nero . They gave Hoskins $100,000 for wasting his time, and Hoskins told hem if there were any more scripts they did not want him for, but would pay him for anyway, please keep sending them.
I only know Hoskins from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", and "Brazil" so I would have had trouble taking him seriously. (Even though "Brazil" has deadly serious themes, it's a black comedy and Hoskins' rule is darkly funny.)
An untouchable masterpiece. For more prime De Palma action, check out 1993's classic _Carlito's Way_ with Al Pacino. And Ennio's intro score was way ahead of it's time in 1987. Hard 🔥.
Sean Connery won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson were considered for the role of Elliott Ness before Kevin Costner was cast. The film was nominated for Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design.
"I like some of the shots being done throughout this movie. It reminds me of a movie in the 70s, or something." LOL! Brian De Palma is such a fucking genius.
About why DeNiro (Capone) kills the guy with the baseball bat. That was the same guy in charge of the alcohol warehouse that Ness and Malone just busted. The same guy Connery says "Here's my warrant!" to, and drops him with the butt of the shotgun.
If you liked Andy Garcia in this, check him out in the 1989 film Black Rain with Michael Douglas. Its directed by Ridley Scott with music by Hans Zimmer. Andy plays a very likable character and the story is very good. Also, the actor playing the villain filmed this film while dealing with cancer, from which he died of 2 weeks after the films release. So all the Chadwick Boseman praise, although deserved, is not an original occurrence. Anyway, the film is one I highly recommend. Hope you give it a look if you haven't already. Enjoy.
When Capone killed the man with the baseball bat, that was the man who was asking for the warrant when they raided the Post Office. Capone killed him because he blamed that man for failing, and getting their liquor taken.
@@tremorsfan According to the autopsies, they were all shot with .38s. It was the Murder Twins (trigger men at the St. Valentine's Massacre) who'd skimmed $250,000 from the Outfit and were trying to collude with Rio to take over the organization. So much lead was put into them that many bones were broken. There are a lot of stories that Capone himself was one of the killers - the setup was a big mob dinner, as portrayed in this movie but you get conflicting stories of whether Capone was there or not. Given the personal betrayal this involved, I believe Scarface was there - he'd essentially sponsored the Murder Twins after they were brought into the Outfit and learning the two were stealing from him and plotting against him was bound to hit him really deeply.
This also reminds me of how Eliot Ness was also involved in another massively interesting case that, to my knowledge, has never been made into a movie: the Cleveland Torso Murders. He was an investigator, and basically his life fell apart during the time of the murders (divorce, alcohol abuse, losing face publicly), and the murders are still unsolved.
The Torso Killer also would send Ness taunting letters. Ness believed he had an idea of who it was but couldn't prove it. The suspect even committed himself to an asylum when the net was closing in - but back in those days if you put yourself in an asylum, you could decide to leave any time you wanted, you didn't need a doctor to release you.
A great movie. But I am from Ireland and I got to say Sean Connery made no effort at an Irish accent. He is just using his Scottish one. Maybe he thinks Yanks won't notice but it stands out a mile to me. A bit like Liam Neeson in Rob Roy.
@@Luvie1980 have to admit.. I've never seen that one myself.. as much as I love Connery. Just the box art never hooked me . Having said that though.. "Rising Sun" with Wesley Snipes
As always, like your reactions.... the scene where Capone smashed the guys head in with a bat, that was the guy who was in charge of the post office scam location that Ness busted the guy that got gut punched when he asked if they had a warrant. So Capone killed him for failing/getting caught
Yep, the mother of the girl looks like she is almost laughing. That was a bad scene but who cares when Robert de Niro doing one of his best performances?. Mell, i let you these 2 chinese movies in case you want to react to them "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero". I think you gonna like them if you liked Kung Fu Hustle.
Mellverse - One thing to remember however... while the sentence was short, Capone was sent to Alcatraz. And he had a nice little ailment that ate him from within... syphilis.
I would highly recommend you watch Oliver Stones "JFK". A ton of great performances from Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci, Jack Lemmon, Donald Sutherland and many more. Great movie to see a lot of diverse actors pulling off some really diverse personalities.
Gary Oldman, Ed Asner, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Rooker, Dale Dye, Brian Doyle Murray, Sally Kirkland, Vincent D'Onofrio also in the cast.
great movie. Well acted. But complete bullshit. It is as historically accurate as the end of Inglorious Basterds. Jim Garrison was a huge waste of time in real life.
@@NWAWskeptic Absolutely. It's such a shame, because the acting and especially the layered editing is incredible. I love how the movie depicts overlapping events, and character interactions over time. Too bad it's largely fictionalized, or at the very least highly speculative.
When my dad first suggested we watch this I didn't think too much of it. By the time the credits rolled I thought about jumping off the couch and applauding, this movie really did take my breath away. And now my brother and I always say: "You got him?" "Yeah I got him."
The Untouchables was directed by Brian De Palma, who also directed Scarface, Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Blowout(Quentin Tarantino's favorite movie), and the first Mission Impossible movie.
I love this movie, even though it takes quite a few liberties with history. For another take on Frank Nitti (the dude Ness throws off the building), you should check out Road to Perdition, which stars Tom Hanks as a mob hitman and features Stanley Tucci as Nitti. Really solid and underrated mob movie with Hanks playing against type.
DeNiro and DePalma started their careers off together. They did a counterculture movie in the late 60s called "Hi, Mom!", and if nothing else, you MUST react to the 15-minute "Be Black, Baby!" segment of that film (DeNiro plays the "cop") -- it must be seen to be believed!
While Capone got an 11 year sentence, it was a very unpleasant stay for him because he was bullied and needed protection in his initial stay, then got moved to Alcatraz where he was stabbed and was suffering from Syphilis AND Gonorrhea. He was released a couple years early due to good behavior but also because of his failing health. Capone continued to deteriorate to the point that he had the mental capacity of a child and eventually dies after complications following a stroke at age 48. Basically once he got convicted and sent to prison, it was the end for him. He may not have been convicted for murder, but he suffered and went out in a miserable way befitting the type of person he was.
The "Willy Wonka lookin' dude" at 12:18 is Chicago stage legend Del Close. He has an awesome story: He was an actor/comedian at the Goodman Theater throughout most of his career. He held the theatre in such high regard that after his death in 1999 in his will, he wished to donate his skull to the theatre to be used as Yorick during performances of "Hamlet." (Shakespeare nerds know...) The donated skull was used until 2006 when it was discovered not to be his....
He only got 11 years because the only thing he could get pinched for was tax evasion. Nowadays you have the RICO statute which law enforcement uses to nail guy like Capone to the cross by incriminating them as heads of criminal syndicates ergo allowing prosecution of crimes not directly committed by them but under their direction. Great movie great reaction!
I normally hate films that are so historically inaccurate but The Untouchables is a film where I'm more than happy to look the other way and give this movie a pass because of how good the story and performances are in this movie. Essentially this story portrays Elliot Ness as the All American boy scout kind of character who during the course of this movie loses his innocence but is constantly fighting to hold onto his morals. He comes to realise that if he wants to take down Capone's criminal empire that he can't play by the rules because the people he's up against don't play by any set of rules. Sean Connery's performance in this movie is epic as the streetwise cop who mentors Ness and the rest of The Untouchables.
The biggest license they took with Nitti was his being thrown off the roof. Frank Nitti actually committed suicide to avoid going to jail in 1943. Capone received 11 years for tax evasion, that's why it seemed short. I think the best ending line of almost any movie was this one. "They say they're going to repeal prohibition, what are you going to do?" "I think I'll have a drink."
Its an absolute shame that Ennio Morricone never won an Oscar for none of his scores. One of the best compositors of the industry, some of his music is legendary like the score of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Are you fu..... kidding me?
Ennio Morricone did the music for this film and your intro! Also yes, watch The Sting like I saw other people say, but also a Man for All Seasons. Both I believe both won best picture in different years
Excellent choice! I've been waiting for someone to do another reaction video to this movie. Yes, if you do some historical research there's a ton that is either stretched or completely incorrect. However, the cinematography, the music, and the acting, more than make up for it. It still tells a great story and it's a great movie.
All Capone was the most enigmatic organized crime boss of the last 100 years. He was in fact a killer, smuggler, bootlegger and his knows what else.He was suspected of bing the mastermind behind the 1929 St Valentine’s say massacre. The Law could not pin anything on him . He was the “Teflon Don” of the era . He also had an altruistic side as well. He cared very much for the common man .he ran soup kitchens and on thanksgiving day in 1930 his organization fed some 5,000 people. He also lobbied for it to be made into law for bottles fresh milk to have a n expiration date stamped on it
Its fun living in Chicago because you walk around and you find places that are in this movie. You pop into Union Station and find the staircase with the carriage. :)
Yo, you gotta see The Gods Must Be Crazy. Absolute goldmine of comedy. I haven't seen it in over 20 years and I still remember parts of it, so it's absolutely worth!
The director, Brian De Palma, is one of the masters of complex long takes and creative shots. He was really inspired by directors like Alfred Hitchcock, and he has taken a lot of criticism through his career for trying to be TOO much like Hitchcock. But some of his films are classics. Movies like Carrie, Scarface, Dressed to Kill, Mission Impossible, and Carlito’s Way... all incredibly shot films. And yeah, Ennio Morricone’s music felt off in some scenes here. It’s funny, because ANOTHER Brian De Palma film that was scored by Morricone called Mission To Mars (well-shot and great-looking terrible movie) is even worse in that aspect. There are scenes with Morricone’s music that come off like something from a soap opera. The music doesn’t fit AT ALL and it comes across as funny. I remember noticing it in the theater when I went to see it and me and my dad making fun of those moments.
Re The Baseball Bat Scene - that guy that got killed was in charge of the premises that got raided; he was the one hit by Connery on the balcony. All the liquor was seized. He messed up so Capone made him pay the price.
MelVerse after he watches the staircase scene: "That was probably my favorite scene in the movie." Screenwriter David Mamet: "Aww c'mon! Don't say that." Director Brian De Palma who *improvised* the staircase scene on set: "Hell Yeah!!! Woo!!!"
First off, Sean Connery won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this role. And the guy Capone beats to death was in charge of the warehouse that was the Untouchable's first successful raid. And the Volstead Act, or Prohibition, became law in 1920, finally being repealed in 1933. It was because of Prohibition that crime bosses became as powerful like Al Capone. Oh, and don't worry about our good buddy Al, seems he caught syphilis from a prostitute, and because he was afraid of needles (ironic that a guy that was capable of such violence), he didn't get a simple injection that would have cured it. So he died a drooling invalid in Florida in 1962.
Man the prohibition had nothing to do with some random bomb attack in a pub. If anything the prohibition was already in place when this fictional attack happened.
Kung Fu Hustle referenced that Sean Connery death scene in a very funny way. When the donut guy in KFH is mortally wounded by the musicians, he grabs the landlord's shirt and dramatically yells, "what are you prepared to do?!" in English, but because everyone only speaks Chinese, nobody understands him so the drama of his badass dying line is wasted.
22:34 you feeling tension because de Palma is masterful. You know something's coming but you don't know when. And they let it keep going forever, and her with the stroller taking so long to go up one step makes every second feel like ten minutes. The whole scene is, I think, twelve minutes long. That is an eternity in movie time. If you're going to dedicate 10% of your runtime to one scene, it's because you want the audience to feel that.
Must say that I appreciate the G.I. JOE reference in there, we are truly brothers. (Snake Eyes and Stormshadow are the only real members of that group)
If you guys haven't seen the short cartoon movie for GI Joe: Resolute, I highly recommend you do. It's basically a grown up version of the cartoon with great animation. It has a great showdown with Snake-Eyes and Stormshadow. The film may be broken into smaller videos you can watch on CZcams.
I am going to have to join patreon to try and get classics like " Papillon", " The Deer Hunter", or" Mutiny on the Bounty" ( the Brando version or Mel Gibson one ) on the list. I guess mel has probably seen them though. Great channel!
Fun and weird fact Supposedly Capone is the reason why there is an exasperation date on dairy products. After a family member got really sick from drinking spoiled milk Capone used his influence to campaign to put dates on those products.
Crazy how you forget some of your own favourite movies until someone reacts to them, i used to watch this movie over and over when i was a lot younger and vhs was the thing, not watched or even thought of this movie in a long time, now i can stream it on my home cinema thanks to your reaction reminding me!
Al Capone was a gangster and in many ways a terrible human being. Yet he did have a good side to him: He visited the children's ward in the hospital a lot, paid their bills and made sure the families were doing alright.
Sean Connery Took This Movie Over Like He Was The Lead Actor Lmao.
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You got the DeNiro frown down pat.
For more non-Bond Sean Connery classics, check out:
_Outland_ (1981)
_The Hunt For Red October_ (1989)
_The Man Who Would Be King_ (1975)
This is a Kevin Costner movie.
*Sean Connery shows up*
This is a Sean Connery movie.
*Sean Connery dies*
This is a Kevin Costner movie.
Mel have you seen Angel Heart with Lisa Bonnet, Mickey Rourke and Robert Deniro. It is brilliant.
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“Mr. Ness!!!! I do not approve of your methods.”
“Yeah, well you’re not from Chicago.”
I friggin love this movie!!!
In the walking the beat scene, Ness complains, "How did you know I was a treasury officer?" Malone: "Who would claim to be that, who is not?" And while Ness is trying to unravel that word salad, it's "Thus endeth the lesson." BRILLIANT!
Capone getting 11 years for tax evasion was actually a harsh sentence (for tax evasion, he didn't get charged with any of the murders). Frank Nitti survived Capone in real life. Ness was a drinker in real life and didn't have a daughter. The movie is not very historically accurate but it's a good movie
Fun fact..In the Tom Hanks movie Road to perdition when he goes to Chicago to get permission to kill the son he’s talking to Frank Nitty.
Fun fact Al Capone is always shown as a 50s old dude but was only 29 years old when he took over and 33 years old when he went to prison. All because he had one good idea (about contraband alcohol in the prohibition era) that made him and the Family a ton of money.
You must look up the interviews of Michael Franzese (Only still living ex-mob boss who ever survived after getting out of the criminal life) as He was the younger generation and had a brilliant idea in the 1970s (this time about exploit fuel and gas stations) he sayed that (told to him by his dad who was a real mobster from the early days) aside the notoriety Al Capone was in reality less intimidating than any of the more aggressive mobster of his time. He just had a bussiness head.
@@ryanhampson673 There's a pretty great deleted scene in which Anthony LaPaglia plays Capone.
@@ryanhampson673 Yeah Frank Nittiest was played in Road to Perdition by amazing actor Stanley Tucci
while the underrated but great Billy Drago played him in this film
@@maxlove818 Capone may not have been as personally aggressive but still managed to have others spill plenty of blood on his orders
the baby carriage falling down the stairs is an homage to Sergueï Eisenstein's 1925 movie Battleship Potemkin.Russian masterpiece.
Inventor of the montage. Eisenstein wrote a lot of the rules.
Wow, I didn’t know that!
Thank you. You saved me from compulsively commenting that.
Potemkin is a masterpiece
As noted in every article written about this movie, ever.
That's the great Ennio Morricone who did the music for The Untouchables. He also did the music for Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and John Carpenter's The Thing. One of the greatest composers in cinematic history.
Ennio Morricone legend
@@kellyfehr3719 Nope, Ennio Morricone did the music for all of Sergio Leone's westerns.
1:14 He knows the name, even if he didn't pronounce it right.
@Krister L For Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight, but Tarantino mostly used previously recorded Morricone work from other movies like The Thing and the Man With No Name trilogy.
Once Upon A Time In The West OST is a Morricone masterpiece.
Now you need to do "The Sting" Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Robert Shaw, headline an amazing supporting cast including James Earl Jones father
Such a great movie. One of the most perfect ever made, IMO.
Definitely. I suggested that on one of his earlier videos.
@@nostrebornod I would also love to see him do The Danish Girl as well if that falls into his parameters. Acting, cinematography and music way beyond magnificent.
I'd suggest Casablaca for a classic film.
I second this recommendation
I think this was Kevin Kostner's first real major leading role. Imagine your first big film and you're running scenes with De Niro and Connery.
One of his first. He’d already done Silverado (which was damn good) and American Flyers (which was not, but he was the star of it). Then he did this and No Way Out in the same year. He was an up and coming star when this movie came out. Not his first starring role, but definitely the biggest movie he’d been in to that date (unless you count the masterpiece that is Sizzle Beach USA, lol).
@@monkeyballs512 His first role was the corpse in "The Big Chill", but they cut his scenes. Silverado was the director's way of paying him back.
@@paulwagner688 that’s true, but I wouldn’t exactly call that a “major leading role.” Also, Sizzle Beach, USA is the absolute first move he was ever in, but it was so bad most people don’t consider it
*Costner
"At least you got a sunroof now."
OMFG! That made me *LAUGH* !!! And it takes a lot to make me laugh these days! LOL!
*Frank Nitti* : I said your friend died screaming like a stuck Irish pig.
*Elliott Ness* : Did he sound anything like this?
Like that* 😂
The scene with the mother and baby was one of the most tense scenes of all time, because just keeps going, and going, and going... It's just amazing cinema as they don't make it anymore.
Fum fact Bob Hoskins given the script o play Al Capone, but they went with Robert De Nero . They gave Hoskins $100,000 for wasting his time, and Hoskins told hem if there were any more scripts they did not want him for, but would pay him for anyway, please keep sending them.
Hoskins would have been more threatening as Capone. I saw him The Long Good Friday and he was cold and his performance was tops.
I only know Hoskins from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", and "Brazil" so I would have had trouble taking him seriously. (Even though "Brazil" has deadly serious themes, it's a black comedy and Hoskins' rule is darkly funny.)
An untouchable masterpiece. For more prime De Palma action, check out 1993's classic _Carlito's Way_ with Al Pacino.
And Ennio's intro score was way ahead of it's time in 1987. Hard 🔥.
'an untouchable masterpiece' nice way of putting that
"Here endeth the lesson." Best scene ever.
Sean Connery won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson were considered for the role of Elliott Ness before Kevin Costner was cast.
The film was nominated for Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design.
Harrison Ford? wow.
Capone went to prison in Alcatraz, and by the time he left, his mind was destroyed from syphilis. He went to prison from tax evasion.
"I like some of the shots being done throughout this movie. It reminds me of a movie in the 70s, or something." LOL! Brian De Palma is such a fucking genius.
About why DeNiro (Capone) kills the guy with the baseball bat. That was the same guy in charge of the alcohol warehouse that Ness and Malone just busted. The same guy Connery says "Here's my warrant!" to, and drops him with the butt of the shotgun.
If you liked Andy Garcia in this, check him out in the 1989 film Black Rain with Michael Douglas. Its directed by Ridley Scott with music by Hans Zimmer. Andy plays a very likable character and the story is very good. Also, the actor playing the villain filmed this film while dealing with cancer, from which he died of 2 weeks after the films release. So all the Chadwick Boseman praise, although deserved, is not an original occurrence. Anyway, the film is one I highly recommend. Hope you give it a look if you haven't already. Enjoy.
When Capone killed the man with the baseball bat, that was the man who was asking for the warrant when they raided the Post Office.
Capone killed him because he blamed that man for failing, and getting their liquor taken.
The real incident involved 3 men who were promptly shot in the back of the head to finish them off.
@@tremorsfan According to the autopsies, they were all shot with .38s. It was the Murder Twins (trigger men at the St. Valentine's Massacre) who'd skimmed $250,000 from the Outfit and were trying to collude with Rio to take over the organization. So much lead was put into them that many bones were broken. There are a lot of stories that Capone himself was one of the killers - the setup was a big mob dinner, as portrayed in this movie but you get conflicting stories of whether Capone was there or not. Given the personal betrayal this involved, I believe Scarface was there - he'd essentially sponsored the Murder Twins after they were brought into the Outfit and learning the two were stealing from him and plotting against him was bound to hit him really deeply.
Ah dude. If you want Sean Connery epicness, The Rock is phenomenal!
This also reminds me of how Eliot Ness was also involved in another massively interesting case that, to my knowledge, has never been made into a movie: the Cleveland Torso Murders. He was an investigator, and basically his life fell apart during the time of the murders (divorce, alcohol abuse, losing face publicly), and the murders are still unsolved.
No movie, but there's a good graphic novel called TORSO by Brian Michael Bendis that's set around the case. Good read if you like serial killer stuff.
The Torso Killer also would send Ness taunting letters. Ness believed he had an idea of who it was but couldn't prove it. The suspect even committed himself to an asylum when the net was closing in - but back in those days if you put yourself in an asylum, you could decide to leave any time you wanted, you didn't need a doctor to release you.
Brian De Palma. One of my favorite directors of all time.
I saw someone mentioned reacting to Miller’s Crossing. That is an absolute must watch!
The Untouchables is a classic, Public Enemies is not, that simple.
9:00 gotta know the history of the beef with Irish and Italians especially in Chicago
You need to watch Miller’s Crossing, a underrated Coen Brothers fictional piece set during prohibition.
Eddie Dane is the most terrifying character in any gangster movie.
Awesome film!
Millers crossing is not underrated
He doesn't get much credit being the 4th wheel.. But when he gets to shine Charles Martin Smith is great too...
That stairwell scene is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. I even put it up there with the T-Rex rain scene from Jurassic Park.
I've heard that Costner ad libbed the "He's in the car" line.
A great movie. But I am from Ireland and I got to say Sean Connery made no effort at an Irish accent. He is just using his Scottish one. Maybe he thinks Yanks won't notice but it stands out a mile to me. A bit like Liam Neeson in Rob Roy.
Americans are really bad at picking up on accents as a rule because we're exposed to so many from all over the place.
If you want a good [non Bond] Connery film I'd recommend the epic "The Man Who Would Be King"
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Nothing beats a "Kipling" story.
The Highlander, The Rock, The Hunt for Red October all great Connery flicks...
@@mcgilj1 don’t forget Finding Forrester
@@Luvie1980 have to admit.. I've never seen that one myself.. as much as I love Connery. Just the box art never hooked me . Having said that though.. "Rising Sun" with Wesley Snipes
As always, like your reactions.... the scene where Capone smashed the guys head in with a bat, that was the guy who was in charge of the post office scam location that Ness busted the guy that got gut punched when he asked if they had a warrant. So Capone killed him for failing/getting caught
I love how Sean Connery makes no attempt at an Irish accent.
@@ericjanssen394 remember, he was actually Egyptian, but had spent much of his life before meeting Connor in Spain.
The same as his attempt at a Russian accent in Hunt for Red October. Sean Conney gave zero "F"s. ;^)
Sean Connery makes attempts at accents?!
That's the Chicago way!
RIP Sir Sean Connery.
Hopefully sometime soon you'll do a Highlander video. :)
Yep, the mother of the girl looks like she is almost laughing. That was a bad scene but who cares when Robert de Niro doing one of his best performances?. Mell, i let you these 2 chinese movies in case you want to react to them "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero". I think you gonna like them if you liked Kung Fu Hustle.
Yes Mell DeNiro did gained weight for the role and he insisted that his hair get plucked in order to have that bald look.
Didn't he do Raging Bull around this time too? He gained weight for that role too.
@@blytheguy7510 he did The Untouchables 5 years after Raging Bull
Mell Deniro has a nice ring to it
Early crowd reporting in
It’s a cool movie, thank you for sharing.
I recommend “The Highwaymen”, about the hunt for Bonnie and Clyde.
great film
After Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde".
Mellverse -
One thing to remember however... while the sentence was short, Capone was sent to Alcatraz.
And he had a nice little ailment that ate him from within... syphilis.
That train station sequence is just beautiful art
I would highly recommend you watch Oliver Stones "JFK". A ton of great performances from Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci, Jack Lemmon, Donald Sutherland and many more. Great movie to see a lot of diverse actors pulling off some really diverse personalities.
phenomenal movie! I second your recommendation
Gary Oldman, Ed Asner, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Rooker, Dale Dye, Brian Doyle Murray, Sally Kirkland, Vincent D'Onofrio also in the cast.
great movie. Well acted. But complete bullshit. It is as historically accurate as the end of Inglorious Basterds. Jim Garrison was a huge waste of time in real life.
@@NWAWskeptic Absolutely. It's such a shame, because the acting and especially the layered editing is incredible. I love how the movie depicts overlapping events, and character interactions over time. Too bad it's largely fictionalized, or at the very least highly speculative.
Now it’s time for Casino.
When my dad first suggested we watch this I didn't think too much of it.
By the time the credits rolled I thought about jumping off the couch and applauding, this movie really did take my breath away. And now my brother and I always say:
"You got him?"
"Yeah I got him."
Sean Connery is the staple of the film. He won an Academy Award for this performance... he is great in Red Octoher
The Untouchables was directed by Brian De Palma, who also directed Scarface, Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Blowout(Quentin Tarantino's favorite movie), and the first Mission Impossible movie.
I love this movie, even though it takes quite a few liberties with history. For another take on Frank Nitti (the dude Ness throws off the building), you should check out Road to Perdition, which stars Tom Hanks as a mob hitman and features Stanley Tucci as Nitti. Really solid and underrated mob movie with Hanks playing against type.
Road to Perdition was also based off of a graphic novel. You're right, it's underrated. It's one of my favorite Hanks movies.
@@blytheguy7510road isn’t underrated
Sean connery was in a night to remember.
Sean Connery really deserved his Oscar for his part in this film as I think his death scene is one of the best acted in any film.
That was a good De Niro! This was one of the first R rated movies I watched at my Aunt and Uncles House!!!
you should react to the "prohibition oversimplied" video! that would give perspective on why alcohol got banned.
Short Answer: PURITANS!!! lol
Ha I forgot that line! “Did it sound anything like that!?”
Revenge of the Nerds. One of the funniest 80’s movies. Will not disappoint.
The short sentence was actually a rather long sentence. Considering he was only found guilty of tax evasion.
DeNiro and DePalma started their careers off together. They did a counterculture movie in the late 60s called "Hi, Mom!", and if nothing else, you MUST react to the 15-minute "Be Black, Baby!" segment of that film (DeNiro plays the "cop") -- it must be seen to be believed!
That was 70s
my man’s got the mafia game background, gotta love it
I agree, "Public Enemies" is criminally underrated.
Connery was a genuine tough guy like a lot of old school actors that grew up in tough times. I was named after him.
While Capone got an 11 year sentence, it was a very unpleasant stay for him because he was bullied and needed protection in his initial stay, then got moved to Alcatraz where he was stabbed and was suffering from Syphilis AND Gonorrhea. He was released a couple years early due to good behavior but also because of his failing health. Capone continued to deteriorate to the point that he had the mental capacity of a child and eventually dies after complications following a stroke at age 48. Basically once he got convicted and sent to prison, it was the end for him. He may not have been convicted for murder, but he suffered and went out in a miserable way befitting the type of person he was.
The "Willy Wonka lookin' dude" at 12:18 is Chicago stage legend Del Close. He has an awesome story:
He was an actor/comedian at the Goodman Theater throughout most of his career. He held the theatre in such high regard that after his death in 1999 in his will, he wished to donate his skull to the theatre to be used as Yorick during performances of "Hamlet." (Shakespeare nerds know...) The donated skull was used until 2006 when it was discovered not to be his....
He only got 11 years because the only thing he could get pinched for was tax evasion. Nowadays you have the RICO statute which law enforcement uses to nail guy like Capone to the cross by incriminating them as heads of criminal syndicates ergo allowing prosecution of crimes not directly committed by them but under their direction. Great movie great reaction!
Billy Drago is in the white suit that Kevin Costner pushes off the building
Thank you for not being afraid to point out flaws. you're so spot-on! So refreshing in a world where most people praise everything in a reaction.
This film is flawless
I normally hate films that are so historically inaccurate but The Untouchables is a film where I'm more than happy to look the other way and give this movie a pass because of how good the story and performances are in this movie.
Essentially this story portrays Elliot Ness as the All American boy scout kind of character who during the course of this movie loses his innocence but is constantly fighting to hold onto his morals.
He comes to realise that if he wants to take down Capone's criminal empire that he can't play by the rules because the people he's up against don't play by any set of rules.
Sean Connery's performance in this movie is epic as the streetwise cop who mentors Ness and the rest of The Untouchables.
Same
The man that killed those men in the elevator was Frank Nettie mafia enforcer/underboss. Real bad dude.
I love Sean Connery line about fulfilling the 1st rule of law enforcement go home safe and yet he gets shot on his doorstep and dies in his home .
Ahoo! So here for it
lets go!
The biggest license they took with Nitti was his being thrown off the roof. Frank Nitti actually committed suicide to avoid going to jail in 1943.
Capone received 11 years for tax evasion, that's why it seemed short.
I think the best ending line of almost any movie was this one. "They say they're going to repeal prohibition, what are you going to do?" "I think I'll have a drink."
Its an absolute shame that Ennio Morricone never won an Oscar for none of his scores. One of the best compositors of the industry, some of his music is legendary like the score of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Are you fu..... kidding me?
Ennio Morricone did the music for this film and your intro! Also yes, watch The Sting like I saw other people say, but also a Man for All Seasons. Both I believe both won best picture in different years
Excellent choice! I've been waiting for someone to do another reaction video to this movie. Yes, if you do some historical research there's a ton that is either stretched or completely incorrect.
However, the cinematography, the music, and the acting, more than make up for it. It still tells a great story and it's a great movie.
All Capone was the most enigmatic organized crime boss of the last 100 years.
He was in fact a killer, smuggler, bootlegger and his knows what else.He was suspected of bing the mastermind behind the 1929 St Valentine’s say massacre. The Law could not pin anything on him . He was the “Teflon Don” of the era .
He also had an altruistic side as well. He cared very much for the common man .he ran soup kitchens and on thanksgiving day in 1930 his organization fed some 5,000 people.
He also lobbied for it to be made into law for bottles fresh milk to have a n expiration date stamped on it
Capone died in Prison from complications of syphilis. So 11 years was a death sentence.
RIP Sean Connery
Its fun living in Chicago because you walk around and you find places that are in this movie. You pop into Union Station and find the staircase with the carriage. :)
Yo, you gotta see The Gods Must Be Crazy. Absolute goldmine of comedy. I haven't seen it in over 20 years and I still remember parts of it, so it's absolutely worth!
The director, Brian De Palma, is one of the masters of complex long takes and creative shots. He was really inspired by directors like Alfred Hitchcock, and he has taken a lot of criticism through his career for trying to be TOO much like Hitchcock. But some of his films are classics. Movies like Carrie, Scarface, Dressed to Kill, Mission Impossible, and Carlito’s Way... all incredibly shot films.
And yeah, Ennio Morricone’s music felt off in some scenes here. It’s funny, because ANOTHER Brian De Palma film that was scored by Morricone called Mission To Mars (well-shot and great-looking terrible movie) is even worse in that aspect. There are scenes with Morricone’s music that come off like something from a soap opera. The music doesn’t fit AT ALL and it comes across as funny. I remember noticing it in the theater when I went to see it and me and my dad making fun of those moments.
I like the way you read the text on screen at the beginning, almost like an actual lector.
Alright Mellverse you got a masterpiece here much love from Chi Town
Re The Baseball Bat Scene - that guy that got killed was in charge of the premises that got raided; he was the one hit by Connery on the balcony. All the liquor was seized. He messed up so Capone made him pay the price.
MelVerse after he watches the staircase scene: "That was probably my favorite scene in the movie."
Screenwriter David Mamet: "Aww c'mon! Don't say that."
Director Brian De Palma who *improvised* the staircase scene on set: "Hell Yeah!!! Woo!!!"
First off, Sean Connery won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this role. And the guy Capone beats to death was in charge of the warehouse that was the Untouchable's first successful raid. And the Volstead Act, or Prohibition, became law in 1920, finally being repealed in 1933. It was because of Prohibition that crime bosses became as powerful like Al Capone. Oh, and don't worry about our good buddy Al, seems he caught syphilis from a prostitute, and because he was afraid of needles (ironic that a guy that was capable of such violence), he didn't get a simple injection that would have cured it. So he died a drooling invalid in Florida in 1962.
Man the prohibition had nothing to do with some random bomb attack in a pub.
If anything the prohibition was already in place when this fictional attack happened.
Sean Connery always takes over
Ayy nice. You're doing some classics
Gotta love the Robert De Niro impressions lmaooooo
Al Capone ended up dying in prison, so even though he didn't get a life sentence, he never got out of prison either.
And it was a nasty death. Syphilis is a horrifying way to go.
I recommend Blow Out, Scarface and Carlito's Way if you do more De Palma movies in the future.
I saw this movie on opening night. It is one of the only 2 movies that ever gave me a seat jump. When out of nowhere Nitti shoots Malone.
This is a great way to rewatch favorite movies with an enthusiastic person! Great vids always 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯😃🌟✨💫😉
Kung Fu Hustle referenced that Sean Connery death scene in a very funny way. When the donut guy in KFH is mortally wounded by the musicians, he grabs the landlord's shirt and dramatically yells, "what are you prepared to do?!" in English, but because everyone only speaks Chinese, nobody understands him so the drama of his badass dying line is wasted.
22:34 you feeling tension because de Palma is masterful. You know something's coming but you don't know when. And they let it keep going forever, and her with the stroller taking so long to go up one step makes every second feel like ten minutes.
The whole scene is, I think, twelve minutes long. That is an eternity in movie time. If you're going to dedicate 10% of your runtime to one scene, it's because you want the audience to feel that.
Must say that I appreciate the G.I. JOE reference in there, we are truly brothers. (Snake Eyes and Stormshadow are the only real members of that group)
If you guys haven't seen the short cartoon movie for GI Joe: Resolute, I highly recommend you do. It's basically a grown up version of the cartoon with great animation. It has a great showdown with Snake-Eyes and Stormshadow. The film may be broken into smaller videos you can watch on CZcams.
I am going to have to join patreon to try and get
classics like " Papillon", " The Deer Hunter", or" Mutiny on the Bounty" ( the Brando version or Mel Gibson one ) on the list.
I guess mel has probably seen them though. Great channel!
My Dad ran moonshine in Texas hill country, I inherited his love of fast cars
I found it interesting you were commenting on the soundtrack while in the background of your video you're playing music by the same composer.
Fun and weird fact Supposedly Capone is the reason why there is an exasperation date on dairy products. After a family member got really sick from drinking spoiled milk Capone used his influence to campaign to put dates on those products.
Crazy how you forget some of your own favourite movies until someone reacts to them, i used to watch this movie over and over when i was a lot younger and vhs was the thing, not watched or even thought of this movie in a long time, now i can stream it on my home cinema thanks to your reaction reminding me!
Al Capone was a gangster and in many ways a terrible human being. Yet he did have a good side to him: He visited the children's ward in the hospital a lot, paid their bills and made sure the families were doing alright.
The actress who played the mother did a GREAT job. So i don't know what you're talking about.
I don’t know she did kinda look like she was smiling a bit but I don’t care I love this movie
Another great one with Sean Connery outside the Bond franchise is Highlander. Awesome movie all around. Greatest Soundtrack ever too.
Billy Drago... One of my favourite henchman/villains !