Probably one of the reasons why i hate it so much is because it was such a huge dissapointment for me... c'mon, i see Robert DeNiro, Sean Connery, Andy García and Kevin Costner in the cast and Brian De Palma as director and it turned to be a very cheap film.

Costner's performance is emotionless and almost ridiculous, the worst i've seen by him. I also hated his wife; Elliot Ness was putting her life and their daughter's in danger and all she does is smile and tell him he's a hero... i expected some drama there, not a : "Oh, you are my hero!" bullshit kinda thing.
De Niro as Capone was ok, as usual De Niro, but the character of Capone in this movie is completely square and gets very few exposure in the film. It looks like Capone is just there to say a few good lines when he's on camera.
The scene with the baby cart going down the stairs was a little freaky for me, i didn't like it. A baby in the middle of the line of fire it's not my kind of action. Ness it's supposed to be a hero, and if it wasn't for García's character that baby would have had all his bones broken.
The fistfight between Connery and the other old policeman? Two old guys beating up each other? ...didn't like it.

And last, i think Mob Films are much more interesting when they are written from the Mob's point of view (for example The Godfather, Goodfellas) and not from that of the police. Of course that's just my opinion.

I think on the cover of The Untouchables DVD states that Newsweek wrote "The best Mafia film since The Godfather"... no way, man, not even on the same league...