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Mr. Untouchable Reviews
I really liked the camera used in the movie. Because the angles and small details are captured very well.
Growing up as part of a poor family in New York City's Harlem, Nicky Barnes aspires to wealth and power. In the early 1970s, as drug use becomes increasingly popular, Barnes devises a plan to obtain the lifestyle he has always wanted. With help from the mob, Barnes establishes himself as a successful drug dealer and becomes tremendously wealthy. Barnes's extravagant lifestyle, however, proves to be his undoing, as he unwittingly draws the attention of the FBI.
Such an tough experience to handle
Really inspiring. Learned that the human can reach bigger top when you have goal and hope.
awesome bio-doc of a reel badassssssssss
Tough man, tough film, very interesting and powerful.
Rich, if sometimes repetitive, documentary following the exploits of Black Godfather Barnes, the friends he betrayed and his inexorable rise and fall from grace. Told via in-depth interviews and footage from the Harlem streets of the period, MU looks and feels like a 1970s exploitation film, mostly due to its superb funk soundtrack and cast of ugly mugs in pimp attire. Think Superfly meets The French connection but for real.
Gripping documentary about "Nicky" Barnes, the self-styled "Black Godfather" who became head of the heroin trade in Harlem in the mid-'70s (played by Cuba Gooding, Jr. in AMERICAN GANGSTER).
Pretty boring documentary about Nicky Barnes. It had moments where it was somewhat entertaining, but those moments where few and far between. Watch American Gangster for a more entertaining experience and leave it at that.
Very good documentary.
An exemplary documentary, detailing the influx of heroin in 70's Harlem. Director Marc Levin does an excellent job at capturing the truly complex and enigmatic presence of "Mr. Untouchable", Nicky Barnes.
Ever since American Gangster came out everyone associated Frank Lucas as the King of Harlem but fail to realize that Nicky Barnes had set up shop and stepped up the game in Harlem way before Frank even got on the scene. Not to discredit Frank Lucas, but Barnes was much bigger than Lucas. Put it this way, if there was no Nicky Barnes there never would have been a Frank Lucas. As they say in the movie, he was Gotti before Gotti was Gotti, lol.
Trite but compelling tale of a real life gangsta. Touches on interesting politics but never really delves in-depth on issues like was he a stoolie for the white establishment, exploiting street life for personal gain. Reads more like a proposal for a movie than and is entertaining but light on analysis as a result
Great Documentary about Nicky Barnes,includes phone interviews and the relationship he had with Frank Lucas(American Gangster)
A really enjoyable documentary and one that I had been wanting to see for a long time. First off, the cover is awesome and sets the tone for the film because it shows there were two sides to the man. I really don't know who to recognize as the heroin king of the 70s NYC; Nicky Barnes or Frank Lucas. Was it both? This doc doesn't seem to think so, but it is extremely one sided. I didn't know anything about "Mr. Untouchable" so I thought it contained a lot of good info on the man. I figured he was dead so it was really cool to see him alive and secretly recorded due to the Witness Protection Program. Wish they could've said what he's been up to since released, but clearly that might give him away. Always wondered how the hell they get footage of certain things like all the drug use. No matter how stoned you are, why would you be cool with someone taping you? Regardless, I'd recommend this to anyone interested in Gangsta/Gangster life and just the whole drug years in general.
A bit scattershot, but effective overall.
An interesting enough story, but I really don't need another movie that just glorifies the criminal lifestyle. Sorry, there's nothing cool about making millions off the death and addiction of other.