Awesome / The Untouchables (1987)

• When Oscar charges into the fray against the gangsters on the bridge alone. For an accountant with a shotgun, he was very badass.
  • Actually, Wallace in general. His first reaction to being handed a gun when he meets Malone? Nope, he doesn't try to pull the "I'm just an accountant" excuse. He smiles at his new gun before joining the rest of the Untouchables without a second thought.
• Odessa Steps homage scene. Also Pop-Cultural Osmosis - the average modern moviegoer will probably know this scene from The Untouchables (1987) rather than Battleship Potemkin. The original script actually featured a train crash but due to budget restrictions, Brian De Palma opted for the Odessa Steps homage.
  • When Ness and Stone are about to enter the station, they open the doors at the same time. It's a small moment but the perfect timing makes it look very badass.
  • Everything Stone does during that scene, period. Shoots and kills one of Payne's guards from a balcony halfway across the lobby; throws his spare gun to Ness on the fly when Ness runs out of ammo; slides across the bottom of the steps to stop the runaway baby carriage with his legs and one hand; holds a dead-steady bead on Payne and Bowtie (near the top of the steps) from his awkward half-supine position; puts a bullet through Bowtie's mouth; and finally does a Dramatic Gun Cock to warn Payne that he'll be next unless he gives himself up.
• Ness' last words to Capone in the court room. After repeating what Capone said about declaring that a fight should be fought to the end to truly see the winner, Ness caps it off with a positively epic "Here endeth the lesson," line learned from Malone while grinning triumphantly at the mobster. Cue Capone needing to be held back by his entire crew.
  • Pretty much the whole scene. From the judge deciding to change the corrupt jury to Capone's lawyer doing a Heel–Face Turn because it's a lost cause to defend him.
• Ness throwing Nitti off the roof of the courthouse to his death while saying, "Did he sound anything like that?!" after the latter triggers Ness's Berserk Button.
• Jimmy Malone, a veteran, wise and tough street cop of Irish ancestry who is very pissed with Chicago's corruption and is portrayed by Sean Connery. Truly Oscar worthy.
  Mobster: You got a warrant?
  Malone: Sure, here's my warrant. (Punches him in the belly)
• Ness dealing with the corrupt alderman and his bribery.
• This theme courtesy of Ennio Morricone.
• Real Life example: Billy Drago, who portrayed Frank Nitti, recalled that while they were filming scenes on the streets of Chicago, he was told about a couple of teenage street gangs getting ready for a gang fight. At the request of the Chicago Police Department, Drago, wearing his costume and armed with his prop tommy gun, went to the place where the fight was supposed to happen. The gang members were in such awe of him that they didn't fight.
• Behind the scenes example: Andy Garcia revealed that Connery's big "You want to get Capone?" speech was done in two takes (one close-up, one wide shot) after he'd come back from a five hour golf game while the crew were setting up the shot. When Garcia congratulated him, Connery just smirked and said "It's not my first barbeque."

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