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Scarface (9-Dec-1983)
Director: Brian De Palma Keywords: Crime, Drama, Cuba, Cocaine
REVIEWS Review by James Richardson (posted on 30-Mar-2005) This is Al Pacino's most powerful work yet. This and the role of Michael Corleone in the Godfathers are his defining moments.
He stars as Tony Montana a Cuban political refugee who comes to Miami to climb his way to the top of the underworld.
With one of the best scripts in cinematic history this has some of the all time greatest lines such as "Say 'ello to my little friend" and "You need people like me, you need people like me, so you can point the finger and say that's the bad guy" and my personal favorite "I only have two things in this world, my balls and my word, and I don't break em' for no body."
Tony is a ruthless character, but still has scruples in fact they turn out to be his downfall.
This has the best ending ever, with a tense shootout between Tony and a squad of Bolivian hitmen.
Snorting copious amounts of cocaine, screaming obscenitys, firing grenades, Tony blows his way through the majority of them only to be shot in the back with a shotgun by one sneaky Bolivian with sunglasses who u see only two or three times in the whole film.
This is amazing, you havn't seen this yet? Where have you been? 4 out of 4 stars.
Superlatives fall short when it comes to this film.
Review by Bryan (posted on 8-Mar-2005) This movie is an instant classic. Al Pacino plays Tony Montana in the best gangster movie of all time. It tells why the cocaine era of the 80's was so destructive. It also shows how someone can come from being nothing to becoming a millionaire, and then the downfall of a man and his empire.
Review by anonymous (posted on 24-Jun-2005) Scarface is one of the all-time greatest
movies ever made. This is by far and away Al Pacino's greatest film,
even better than Godfather. As "Tony Montana" Pacino starts out with
nothing after having a chance to flee Cuba when Fidel Castro opened up
the gates allowing Cubans to flee to Miami. Starting out as a small
time hustler for "Frank" he later kills his mentor after an
assassination attempt on Montana at a night club goes bad. Tony makes
it big as a cocaine dealer, but suffers his downfall when a hit is put
out on him by his partners in Columbia. As ironic as it is, it's
because of Tony's heart and refusal to kill someone when his wife and
kids are in the car that leads to Tony's downfall. This movie is quoted
in more rap songs than I can even name. Wu Tang Clan quotes him often
as do others such as Jay Z. "I told you a long time ago not to f**k
me." "Hey, hey who the f**k do you think you're talking to. What am I a
f**kin doughboy."
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