Untouchables, The (1987)

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Synopsis

Crime/Drama. In Chicago during Prohibition, a federal agent (Kevin Costner) assembles a small team (Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith) to catch the gangster Al Capone (Robert De Niro).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of ethno-cultural slurs; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, scatological slang, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and detail
• Frequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Crime and punishment
• Power and corruption
• Teamwork

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and coarse language

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