After this little tiff, we get back to the killing. So who should we get rid of next? Why, Malone, of course! But wait..it's not that easy. You see, even if you sneak into his house and stealthily tiptoe up behind him, he can magically hear you, and will, at the last moment, whirl around with a shotgun. But silly Malone, he's just too nice. Instead of shooting you (as he should), he chases you out of his apartment, into the hallway, where my goodness there just happens to be another bad guy waiting, this time with a MACHINE GUN!! Now we see Malone get shot to pieces..but this bullet-riddled Scottish bad boy just doesn't feel like dying quite yet. No, he has to drag himself all the way to the back of his apartment (which leaves a nice, long, artistic trail of blood for Elliot to follow). Now does the b*****d die? NO! He just HAS to wait until Elliot shows up, so he can cough blood all over him and give him the last, vital clue (which I'm sure Elliot would never have found had he searched the apartment) and dramatically gasp, `What are you prepared to do?'...like I said, a walking cliché.
Now we get to the REALLY good part. Yes, that's right, the infamous 'Train Station Shootout', where Elliot is attempting to get Al Capone's bookkeeper. At this point, we get to use lots and lots of camera angles, slow motion, and echo-y sounds in order to create, yet again, the 'artistic' effect. Here we go:
The sequence begins with Elliot positioning himself on a platform above the stairs, and Stone going somewhere below him. Soon we get to see the clock. Then Elliot. Then the door. Then Elliot. Then a woman with a baby carriage, trying to go up the stairs below Elliot. Then the clock. Then Elliot.
And so on.
Just as the drama is beginning to get to be TOO MUCH..Elliot decides to be gallant and go help the stupid woman with the baby. So he drags the thing up the stairs (we've still got the slow motion and echo-y sound thing going on) and once he reaches the top, lo an behold, there's the bad guy. He shoots the bad guy. He shoots another bad guy. Stone magically appears and shoots a bad guy that was about to shoot Elliot but just didn't quite get the shot off. Meanwhile.the baby carriage has begun to roll down the stairs (in slow motion, of course). The plot thickens. So.Elliot starts to chase after it. Naturally. Meanwhile, he and Stone continue to nonchalantly mow down all the bad guys, one shot for each. Soon, Elliot has grabbed the baby carriage, but oh dear he's out of bullets. So here comes Stone, tossing him another gun (that he happened to have handy) while sliding- baseball style- in front of the baby carriage, just so it doesn't tip over.
Wow. I don't know about you, but that's sounds like spectacular cinematography to me.
(Let me just put this out in the open: The whole baby carriage nonsense WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED were it not for Elliot's ridiculous need to be a gentlemen at all times. If he had just let the lady struggle, she wouldn't have gotten up the stairs, and the stupid thing wouldn't have started rolling down again. Or better yet, he could have told her to get the hell out of the way..)
Anyways, this whole shenanigan ends with the last remaining bad guy using the sniveling bookkeeper as a body shield, with a gun pressed firmly to his head. `Blah blah blah..if you don't let me get out of here, the bookkeeper dies' and so on. Elliot asks Stone in his most rugged voice, `Have you got him?' and Stone answers, `I got him.'..(a whole three words!!). This, of course, is referring to Stone's impeccable aim, even when he's lying on the floor, twenty yards from his target, leaning back and squinting really, really hard. Soon, the fat, blustery bad guy starts counting, but before he can even get to `Two', Mr. Stone goes, 'Bang!'. (I guess Georgie boy just doesn't have much patience)
Now, instead of just letting the bad guy get his head blown off, or something normal like that, we're expected to believe that- get this- George Stone shot directly into Mr. Bad Guy's MOUTH.not only that, he also managed NOT to hit his lips, teeth, or any of the surrounding area. And as proof of this miraculous feat, we (as viewers) get to see blood come gushing out the fat guy's mouth. Lovely. And so believable, too.
Cut to a close-up of the trembling bookkeeper's face. Yeah, that's right you little twerp, you better not mess with George Stone. He's a badass who can shoot people in the mouth.
Don't you just love Hollywood?
Following this delightful sequence of events, we begin to wrap things up. Dear Elliot and his pal Georgie head off to the courtroom, where they plan to pin tax evasion on Capone, with the help of his not so loyal bookkeeper. The trial commences, and things don't look too good for Capone. But gosh, something's just not right. Why is he smiling? Why is he.yawning?! Do you think...no, it couldn't be. He couldn't POSSIBLY have anything up his sleeve.
Kevy (being the bright boy he is) figures out that something's up. Suddenly, he sees Capone's right-hand man- a guy by the name of Nitti- leaning over to talk to Al. And- gasp - he has a gun. Oh no, what's a boy to do.
Now we get to the REALLY good part. Yes, that's right, the infamous 'Train Station Shootout', where Elliot is attempting to get Al Capone's bookkeeper. At this point, we get to use lots and lots of camera angles, slow motion, and echo-y sounds in order to create, yet again, the 'artistic' effect. Here we go:
The sequence begins with Elliot positioning himself on a platform above the stairs, and Stone going somewhere below him. Soon we get to see the clock. Then Elliot. Then the door. Then Elliot. Then a woman with a baby carriage, trying to go up the stairs below Elliot. Then the clock. Then Elliot.
And so on.
Just as the drama is beginning to get to be TOO MUCH..Elliot decides to be gallant and go help the stupid woman with the baby. So he drags the thing up the stairs (we've still got the slow motion and echo-y sound thing going on) and once he reaches the top, lo an behold, there's the bad guy. He shoots the bad guy. He shoots another bad guy. Stone magically appears and shoots a bad guy that was about to shoot Elliot but just didn't quite get the shot off. Meanwhile.the baby carriage has begun to roll down the stairs (in slow motion, of course). The plot thickens. So.Elliot starts to chase after it. Naturally. Meanwhile, he and Stone continue to nonchalantly mow down all the bad guys, one shot for each. Soon, Elliot has grabbed the baby carriage, but oh dear he's out of bullets. So here comes Stone, tossing him another gun (that he happened to have handy) while sliding- baseball style- in front of the baby carriage, just so it doesn't tip over.
Wow. I don't know about you, but that's sounds like spectacular cinematography to me.
(Let me just put this out in the open: The whole baby carriage nonsense WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED were it not for Elliot's ridiculous need to be a gentlemen at all times. If he had just let the lady struggle, she wouldn't have gotten up the stairs, and the stupid thing wouldn't have started rolling down again. Or better yet, he could have told her to get the hell out of the way..)
Anyways, this whole shenanigan ends with the last remaining bad guy using the sniveling bookkeeper as a body shield, with a gun pressed firmly to his head. `Blah blah blah..if you don't let me get out of here, the bookkeeper dies' and so on. Elliot asks Stone in his most rugged voice, `Have you got him?' and Stone answers, `I got him.'..(a whole three words!!). This, of course, is referring to Stone's impeccable aim, even when he's lying on the floor, twenty yards from his target, leaning back and squinting really, really hard. Soon, the fat, blustery bad guy starts counting, but before he can even get to `Two', Mr. Stone goes, 'Bang!'. (I guess Georgie boy just doesn't have much patience)
Now, instead of just letting the bad guy get his head blown off, or something normal like that, we're expected to believe that- get this- George Stone shot directly into Mr. Bad Guy's MOUTH.not only that, he also managed NOT to hit his lips, teeth, or any of the surrounding area. And as proof of this miraculous feat, we (as viewers) get to see blood come gushing out the fat guy's mouth. Lovely. And so believable, too.
Cut to a close-up of the trembling bookkeeper's face. Yeah, that's right you little twerp, you better not mess with George Stone. He's a badass who can shoot people in the mouth.
Don't you just love Hollywood?
Following this delightful sequence of events, we begin to wrap things up. Dear Elliot and his pal Georgie head off to the courtroom, where they plan to pin tax evasion on Capone, with the help of his not so loyal bookkeeper. The trial commences, and things don't look too good for Capone. But gosh, something's just not right. Why is he smiling? Why is he.yawning?! Do you think...no, it couldn't be. He couldn't POSSIBLY have anything up his sleeve.
Kevy (being the bright boy he is) figures out that something's up. Suddenly, he sees Capone's right-hand man- a guy by the name of Nitti- leaning over to talk to Al. And- gasp - he has a gun. Oh no, what's a boy to do.