Ennio Morricone's music is always fantastic. :D

From the beginning notes, yes it was

It almost make the movie.

Morricone, De Palma, & Mamet; a dream team of artists.

He did The Thing if I remember right

There can only be one... Highlander reference...

“I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. “Let my armies be the rocks and the trees, and the birds in the sky.”” RIP Mr. Connery

Welcome to the Rock

The only Bond. And Dan'l Dravit, Esq.

"You call this archaeology?" "Get outta there, dad!" R.I.P. Mr. Connery :(

the tv series Boardwalk Empire goes in depth into how extensive the bootlegging operation was

It's why making a drug (or anything really) illegal doesn't really work as people will find a way if the masses really want it, but it does create and empower organized drug syndicates.

My grandmother did that. Always complained about how awful homemade liquor tasted, endless stories about the rancid shit they would drink during those years. On one occasion my Mom asked if it was so bad, why did they drink it? Grandmama looked shocked that the question needed to be asked and said, “Well, we HAD to have our cocktail!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Moonshine really got its heyday. There’s a silver lining.

@@karlmortoniv2951 It really is disgusting as hell. When I was younger (15-18) I'd make homemade wine/ciders. Fucking terrible tasting. I'd have to plug my nose and dilute it with other flavors to get it down. But it sure did get you wasted. I drank a bottle of it one night and woke up on my living room floor with the worst hangover I've ever had. I threw up ramen (which I apparently ate a lot of) all day long. Not sure of the alcohol percentage, but it had to be pretty high, because I drank a 5th of whiskey one night and didn't even get that wasted. The smell alone makes me cringe now. I turn 21 in a couple days and I'm very excited to never have to rely on homemade booze ever again.

Such an awesome scene

Talented writer

Thank you. Was coming down here to write "You guys weren't impressed with..." Thank you. That entire sequence is spectacular.

I don't think the guys have really explored anything much before 1980 sadly. Psycho, Casablanca and 7th Seal I think are the only ones...so understandably they have little to no knowledge of film history and how and why certain things are the way they are. In some ways I envy them that they will get to see some iconic cinema for the first time but equally I fear coming from this era inevitably many of those seminal films will not have the same impact that they did to those of us who grew up in a completely analogue world. I re-watched the latest restoration of Battleship Potemkin last year and I still am affected by the history, the editing and the imagery. Putting everything in context is important and these guys do sometimes try to do that to make allowances for the look or tone of a film but without proper knowledge of all that has gone before it and knowledge of actual history of the time being portrayed and indeed the time a film was made means they can only judge things from a narrow perspective. They are still entertaining though to watch ;-)

"such as Hitchcock"

and also done in Naked Gun 33⅓ - The Final Insult

@James Cricket Does one need to google The Odessa Steps

​@James Cricket It's possible to just know things about filmmaking. Anyone who has studied film knows who Sergei Eisenstein is, knows about Battleship Potemkim, and knows countless films reference the Odessa Steps sequence. Being an internet prick isn't the only option, mate.

@@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117 ..........

One of the most satisfying revenge killings ever filmed

@@SansMerci1013 True. If only it had happened like that in real life though.

When this came out I got excited and very keen to check out the show but was, inevitably, somewhat let down. Even taking into account TV budgets and the show not having Sean Connery, it seemed some kind of moviemaking miracle that this movie came out of that show. Should I give it another look? Robert Stack makes Kevin Costner look like an exciting dude to hang with.

TV Eliot Ness.....Robert Stack

@@karlmortoniv2951 No. It doesn't work anymore. imo.

@@karlmortoniv2951 which one the TV show or movie?

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 I was asking if I should give the TV show another shot. The only time I hear about it any more is as the inspiration for the movie.

It’s Because he’s Sean Connery so he has a pass regardless of any nationality he plays

@@mohammedashian8094 Which is why he can always play the most Scottish Russian (well, Lithuanian) in history in Hunt for Red October and no one gives the slightest shit, too.

He's also the most Scottish Egyptian Spaniard ("Highlander").

That should be another movie they should analyze and review.

LA Confidential is amazing!

I had the same thought, they should do LA Confidential. Great movie.

@@Saturnia2014 100%!

Yes, you are right! LA Confidential is a must see, good movie and a stylish movie like The Untouchables

What else would he hold it with? His non-existence?

I think it’s the best gangster film ever. Blasphemy possibly 😂

So long as it’s the directors cut. The theatrical cut is a bit of a mess. 🥴

Yes, I recommended it too hahaha! That movie is untouchable!

Definitely the Director's cut

@@titovalasques So true.

Opening tease: “OMG!!! 😲” Me: “Lemme guess: ‘Did he sound anything like this?’l. 😁

Absolutely- one if the best modern Noir films.

YES! It's the best of these type of movies!

YES! That was my thought when I saw they were watching this one. LA Confidential is a great film.

I think LA Confidential and Chinatown are a great double bill.

Yep. One of my favourites. Donnie Brasco is really good too.

Can't go wrong with any Al Pacino film

Hey, my name is Benny Blanco from the Bronx.

@@Jay.McCarty Who?

Carlito's Way is a masterpiece and kind of underrated when it comes to Pacino movies, but easily one of his best performances.

'Jew no, I never like him'?

@@porkfrog2785 No, try again.

"How'd you get that scar, tough guy? Eating p*ssy?" No, wait... "You a pig that don't fly straight." No, wait...

Cinema Rules, the house where Eliot Ness lived, 2022 W. 22nd Street, before we left Chicago, we lived a block west and three blocks south of that house. In fact, when the car is taking Ness' family to safety, there is a steeple in the background. It's St. Paul's church. Three blocks from where we lived. Really enjoy your reviews. Stay safe and healthy.

He is such an incredible scene stealer that even steals scenes in movies he isn’t in!

On that vein, In The Heat Of The Night is imperative

Mississippi Burning is fantastic

@@JulioLeonFandinho I see your point. The main reason that I made that comparison was almost the same dialog between Hackman and Dafoe, as dialog that Connery and Costner had....what are you willing to do?!? :D

One of my favorites

Really? That's pretty cool but Kevin Costner was the best choice. Harrison was much older and Mel Gibson just doesn't fit the bill of a Ness character.

So?

@@Saturnia2014 There were saying Costner was too mild well Gibson would have been the badass Ness they would want lol. I know Ford was older but he would struck the right balance between Costner and Gibson.

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 Ford might have been interesting but I still think that Costner was the right choice for the role given that Ness had to be the naive idealist who slowly gets schooled on the reality of Chicago by Connery's character and that was Costner's speciality when it comes to acting.

That is possibly my favorite Sean Connery film. Not his best. For me he'll always be Dan'l Dravit from The Man Who Would Be King... but in Outland, especially in the raquetball court scene... he reminded me of my dad. It's basically just "High Noon" in space.

FBI, DEA, CIA, ATF, Interpol, and DOD to make sure.

@@victorsos100 yep. Their days of not watching Scarface are numbered

Say hello to my little Friend

They’ll be put on a list for that alone!😉🤣

Call Sosa on that giant telephone suitcase of his and tell him Omar says he's sorry, between the wash from the rotors and the rope around his neck he can't speak loud enough.

The score is almost like another character, viewers need to know why it's so present, De Palma got Morricone and used him to full effect.

Yeah, The Untouchables and Carlito's Way are 2 of my favorite DePalma movies. Also, Mission Impossible and Blow Out are superb.

True. But I wouldn’t expect a Brit to be an expert in American history from the 1920-1940s. Most Americans don’t even know that stuff.

Tom is a teacher? What grade and subject?

I've heard of tax evasion, but what the hell is "tax invasion"? Sounds like Internal Revenue formed an invading army.

@@miketocci well maybe they have... lol shit I didn’t even realize that typo 😂

Of all the things to get Capone on, that's how they got him finally in real life.

@@alucard624 better than nothing I guess. Besides I think he had syphilis by that point too.

I thought the same thing. The whole time they're mocking the tax invasion thing, I'm thinking 'Okay, they have no idea about Al Capone.' LOL!

Absolutely!

Hoover had a good excuse for doing that - not that it necessarily explains why he took all the credit. His effective agents wouldn’t be effective for long if they took public bows for doing good work all the time. The best law enforcement people aren’t in it for the fame.

Yeah, and Ness had a squeaky clean image at the start of his career. So it would make sense to show him that way.

U typed Hoover, not Trump right??

Compare the Ness 'mislead' to the Pervis character from Public Enemies. Same ol Same ol.

@@versetripn6631 Yeah. Lol

1996 "The Rock"

@@1nelsondj "Zardoz" (1974).

It's "The Hunt FOR Red October". You can't very well hunt something you're running away from...

But there can be only one! Highlander (I & II) 🎶🎸⚔️

Dressed To Kill is about as Hitchcock homage-y as it gets. Fun fun fun.

A thousand times yes. Blow Out is probably his best film, and one of the best shot and edited films I've ever laid eyes on.

I was in high school when my dad and I saw Blow Out in the theater. It was really good and some bits have stuck with me nearly 40 years later. At the time, though, I kept getting hung up on the obvious references to the source material of Teddy Kennedy and Chappaquidick.

I watched Blow Out less than a year ago, and it was still great to watch. I watched Dress To Kill in the cinema shortly after its premiere, also a great movie. Yeah, de Palma was very inspired by hitchcock when he made his suspense movies but the plots are very original. He also did a great job with the adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie

Agree, Body Double is great, in a twisted way.

Body Double is good but it has some weaknesses. I like the scenes in the beginning where the main character gets a claustrophobic attack in the tunnel, and the times where he’s spying on the woman in the opposite building. It’s far from being de Palma’s best movie but I would still enjoy it, if I watched it again.

Body Double (1984) is good fun too, great score by long time De Palma composer Pino Donaggio. For more classic '80s De Palma; Scarface (1983) and Casualties of War (1989). For more '80s Costner; No Way Out (1987) and for more '80s De Niro; Midnight Run (1988).

Blow out, Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables and Carlito's Way are Brian De Palma's greatest.

Carlito's Way is my favourite, an astonishing movie ❤

Save 'Carrie' for Halloween month....

Scarface baby! Scarface!

Carlitos Way has gotta be my favourite De Palma film a great slow burn . I've got to mention his follow on film after Carrie . The Fury (1978) a forgotten gem of a film from the period of psychic horror/thrillers.

Dressed to Kill creeped me out as a kid

I fell in love with Andy Garcia in this one too. Great cast 🥰

"Dressed to Kill" may not be a good choice to do a reaction video to, in current year. Didn't Dressed to Kill, Body Double and Blow Out all 3 star the same female lead?

I don't know about anyone else, but I made sure I KNEW who Andy Garcia was after that scene. Hot damn, he is fine.

@@SansMerci1013 I honestly can't remember now, but I think this movie was my introduction to Andy Garcia. Immediately committed his name/face to memory. LOOOOOOVE him.

I prefer the fictional death. So satisfying.

True. This was much more satisfying though versus him taking the cowards way out like he did in real life.

That’s just what they wanted you to think.

But, think about it. Prison was so harrowing, criminals legit committed suicide, by their own hand or by cop/posse rather than go back to prison. Now, we have people singing songs about how they don't care about going to prison because it's nothing to them. Hmm...wonder if being on an old fashioned chain gang would change their tune, haha

By "jumping" off a building.

And Robert Stack playing Robert Stack playing Elliot Ness like in the comedy classic Airplane!

@@scottjo63 LOL!!! "You're too low dammit!!!"

Not low at all. When most reactors see Robert Stack, no one really knows who he is. I'm just saying who Robert Stack is. Both The Untouchables and Airplane! his characters are excellent.

@@scottjo63 No no, that was one of his lines in Airplane, when he was trying to ease Striker down, and then he yells at him, "Pull up! UP!! You're too low, dammit!!!"

I agree! Blowout is superb!

Did you seriously forget to mention Carlito’s Way?

It's a great scene that's raised to perfect by the Garcia closer.