Mr. Untouchable Critic Reviews

If Barnes ultimately emerges as a heartless, duplicitous villain, he's nevertheless got the devil's slippery, seductive charm.Read the full review

A slick package all around. Adroitly edited, filled with fine music like Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" and more people flashing needles than at a garment worker's convention, this film is less a dispassionate examination than a celebratory infomercial on its central character.Read the full review

It's undeniably fascinating, but you might want to take a shower after hanging out with this unsavory bunch.Read the full review

It's fast and furious, and it proves that crime doesn't pay, unless you know how to do it right.Read the full review

There is some acknowledgment of the terrible effects of the drug trade on residents of Harlem and other poor New York neighborhoods, but for the most part Mr. Untouchable clings to the standard hip-hop mythology of the pusher as entrepreneur, rebel, celebrity and folk hero.Read the full review