It's one of the movies that makes the police the good guys and the Mafia the bad ones (They don't tell the whole story about WHY Al Capone batted the guy in the head at the dinner party), but it did show how cruel they could be when the little girl in the beginning died. So don't expect Al Capone to be the main character. Anyway, Robert DeNiro was perfect for that role. Keven Costner played goody two shoes Elliot Ness perfectly as well. Andy Garcia was cool, but Sean Connery stole the show as the wise Irish cop who has a grudge against Italians. And the little midget accountant was funny. Good movie with a great score, but mixed fact with fiction (a shootout on top of the court where Al Capone was being tried?).
grade: A-