Capone

The critics and public agree. Brian De Palma's The Untouchables is a must-see masterpiece - glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago... and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.

The terrible true-life events of February 14, 1929 thrust gangster Al Capone into the national spotlight, but marked the beginning of the end of Chicago's criminal empire. Director Roger Corman chronicles the Chicago gangster wars of the 1920s in the film named after the event itself, THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE. Rival Chicago mobsters Al Capone (Jason Robards) and Bugs Moran (Ralph Meeker) battle for control of the city's crime element, which leads to a bloody showdown in which Capone's men, dressed as policeman, kill seven key members of Moran's gang in a warehouse. The legendary Roger Corman is credited with discovering and nurturing numerous top-name talents who were given their start at his prolific studio. Jack Nicholson, one of Corman's discoveries and a frequent collaborator, makes a cameo appearance in what is one of his first screen roles. George Segal, Jean Hale and Clint Ritchie also star. The film's sets carefully replicate prohibition-era Chicago, and a voice-over narration adds historical details and contributes to a documentary like feel. Lionel Newman and Fred Steiner's score is adeptly combined with popular songs of the day.

After the death of his parents Jesse Torres leaves his childhood cattle ranch for the Bright Lights of the Big City. Reconnecting with his childhood friend Tom, Jesse finds himself in a squalid neighborhood of drugs, gangs and broken dreams. Tom's become a drug addict and is in deep to the local gangs which strains their friendship. Struggling with his new life, Jesse finds solace in a local girl, Lil' Bit, but as the romance blossoms Jesse finds himself confronted by the neighborhood mobster, Capone (Danny Trejo) who owns her. Now faced with a drug addicted best friend, an angry mobster and his girlfriend's freedom, Jesse must make some hard choices with dangerous consequences.

Trailer for Lawless. Gangster meets Western in Lawless, the true story of the freewheelin' Bondurants brothers, bootlegging siblings taking the law into their own hands. This is the story of the rural hard-men that created the big city gangsters. Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the American Dream in this exuberant tale of what was to become crime's first major gold rush. The youngest brother, Jack, fancies himself the next Al Capone; he dreams of sharp suits, guns, girls and fast cars, no matter the cost. Ambitious and impulsive, he takes the family's small-scale moonshining operation to the big leagues, to impress the gorgeous but off-limits Amish girl, Bertha. The middle brother, Howard, is the brawling muscle loyal but reckless never one to turn down a taste of white lightning. And eldest brother, Forrest, reluctantly accepts the changing times with grace and grit, leading the family with strength of character and silent determination against the beginnings of corporate greed. An enigmatic and stunning Maggie comes to town with a hidden past, igniting his passion and almost saving him in the process. As the Bondurants' legend grows, so too does the danger, and it's not long before the brothers must face the consequences of their transgressions, or rewrite the myth and the law themselves.