Well, that is the tagline for the 1987 production of 'The Untouchables'. In real life, the fight does not have to be a physical transmission of force over another mass, but it can refer to any challenge in life; be it psychological, ambition or over disease!
Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness), a clearly under-rated star, stars here as the Federal Agent from US Treasury sent to Chicago during the gangster-filled time of the Prohibition era when the production and transportation of liquor above a certain level was prohibited. He was facing an uphill battle trying to abate the sales of bootleg booze as the mobster in charge, Al Capone, had practically got everyone from the municipality to law enforcers under his thumb.
Robert De Niro, the likeable villain, gives a sterling performance as Capone. This guy can do any role- a soldier (Deer Hunter), a mobster (Casino, Godfather II and so many others), a boxer (Raging Bull), a deranged escaped convict (Cape Fear), a cop (Ronin), a doting father (Everybody's okay), in a comedy like 'Meet The Parents' you name it...
After a failed raid foiled by the corrupt inside job, Ness assembles his team of bootleg busters. He recruits Jim Malone (Sean Connery), a veteran beat officer, a marksman recruit Stone (a very young Andy Garcia) and an accountant sent by the Treasury, Agent Wallace. Wallace later proofed to be of value as they managed to nail Capone down with tax charges rather than for bootleg whisky.
Even though the character played by the original 007 dies midway through the show, Connery managed to steal the show with his witty lines and charisma. He must have impressed the jury too to win the Best Supporting Actor award in Academy that year.
It is just amazing how the studio can re-enact the buildings, automobiles and ambience to bring us back in time to the early 30s! A classic scene, in my opinion, which would forever stay in everybody's mind would be the one which occurred at a Chicago train station involving a lookout for Capone's escaping bookkeeper, a bust-up with the baddies and a baby in a cradle in the middle of all this.
Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness), a clearly under-rated star, stars here as the Federal Agent from US Treasury sent to Chicago during the gangster-filled time of the Prohibition era when the production and transportation of liquor above a certain level was prohibited. He was facing an uphill battle trying to abate the sales of bootleg booze as the mobster in charge, Al Capone, had practically got everyone from the municipality to law enforcers under his thumb.
Robert De Niro, the likeable villain, gives a sterling performance as Capone. This guy can do any role- a soldier (Deer Hunter), a mobster (Casino, Godfather II and so many others), a boxer (Raging Bull), a deranged escaped convict (Cape Fear), a cop (Ronin), a doting father (Everybody's okay), in a comedy like 'Meet The Parents' you name it...
After a failed raid foiled by the corrupt inside job, Ness assembles his team of bootleg busters. He recruits Jim Malone (Sean Connery), a veteran beat officer, a marksman recruit Stone (a very young Andy Garcia) and an accountant sent by the Treasury, Agent Wallace. Wallace later proofed to be of value as they managed to nail Capone down with tax charges rather than for bootleg whisky.
Even though the character played by the original 007 dies midway through the show, Connery managed to steal the show with his witty lines and charisma. He must have impressed the jury too to win the Best Supporting Actor award in Academy that year.
It is just amazing how the studio can re-enact the buildings, automobiles and ambience to bring us back in time to the early 30s! A classic scene, in my opinion, which would forever stay in everybody's mind would be the one which occurred at a Chicago train station involving a lookout for Capone's escaping bookkeeper, a bust-up with the baddies and a baby in a cradle in the middle of all this.
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