‘The Untouchables’ Download and Reviews
“The Untouchables” Movie Details
The Untouchables tagline: The Chicago Dream is that big
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“The Untouchables” Movie Review
“The Untouchables” Plot Summary
Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.
Great fun
A really terrific movie even if it does suffer from some plot holes and overly sentimental and long scenes, The Untouchables remains one of DePalma’s best, probably his last great film to date. Connery and Garcia are fantastic, and **spoiler alert** Connery’s death scene remains one of the best ever **. But as good as they are, De Niro’s Capone is a highlight, especially the ‘baseball’ scene. Well shot and well written as well. Lots of fun!
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‘Serpico’ Download and Reviews
“Serpico” Movie Details
Serpico tagline: Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive – An honest cop.
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| IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 out of 23,466 votes |
“Serpico” Movie Review
“Serpico” Plot Summary
The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Fine job.
One can’t know what the director, Sidney Lumet, was aiming for — a commercial success probably — but he achieved more than that. Frank Serpico wasn’t a hippy. He disapproved of marijuana because it was illegal. And his face was pock-marked and he wasn’t as handsome as Al Pacino. But he was in his way equally saintly
First of all, what a picture of New York City, in all its grime and without any splendor. There’s the Williamsberg Bridge (I think) and not much else in the way of landmarks. Nobody eats at Lutece. The whole place is thoroughly louche
The acting, with the exception of Tony Roberts, is superior
And — maybe this hit me differently — it seems to be a movie about police corruption, and of course it is, but it’s more than that. The most moving part of the film is a subtext dealing with loneliness. Frank Serpico loses everything, beginning with his girl friend, up to and including his position on the police force. In the lingo of sociometry he’d be a social isolate. Nobody wants to have anything to do with him, except perhaps his family of whom we see little, or maybe an impotent friend who has Princetonian connections in the mayor’s office
Oh, it’s tough to squeal on your comrades. We all know that. And Serpico suffers in the most saintly way, torn between loyalties to the group to which he belong and the greater values that inform (or are supposed to inform) our society. But what MAKES everything so difficult is that your best friends come to distrust and dislike you
All of us root for Serpico’s triumph. We want the NYPD to be cleaned out. (Is it?) But who among us would throw away the casual but still meaningful bonds that we make at work? Would you? I don’t know if I would. That, it seems to me, is the principal theme of this movie. Police corruption is the MacGuffin.
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