Script review - "The Untouchables" by David Mamet

Mamet should do more action films - his dialogue and strength with men suit the genre and the TV show gave him a rich world to play with: Chicago, Depression, gangsters, Capone, Irish cops. Bold, flamboyant - I'm glad Mamet didn't direct it. The great speeches are all here, the characterisation of Malone and Capone is memorable on the page; there isn't much any writer could do with Ness but Mamet does the best he can. There's an action scene in a race track at the script which didn't make the final cut.