In Prohibition-era Chicago, federal operative Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) drew the duty of breaking the bootlegging operations that allowed Al Capone (Robert de Niro) to rule the town... and to that end, he recruited a squad of agents who were determined, incorruptible-and untouchable. Brian de Palma's blazing, atmospheric crime story, inspired (like the classic '60s TV series) by Ness' memoir.