First, Oliver Stone’s screenplay was sharp as a tack in its piercing dialogue (Pacino’s “Bad Guy” speech was amazing) and the plot, while nothing overcomplicated or even original, was still engaging even as we follow Tony Montana, a truly bad dude, and not someone to emulate off topic but with the whole “controversy” that surrounded Joker, one wonders how much more this film would’ve been eviscerated (and it was at the time) with the Internet and the swamp that is Twitter, not only for the violence but even the charge of cultural appropriation with the very Italian Pacino playing a Cuban… There is so much about Scarface to appreciate. Time is a funny thing because all these later, avoiding any repeat viewings, decided to give it another shot, and while I can’t quite place it as some sort of a classic still preferring the likes of the two Godfather movies and Heat well above, but still found this to be an incredible three-hour operatic opus.
#SCARFACE THE WORLD IS YOURS MOVIE MOVIE#
Quick Hit Review: Brian De Palma’s 1983 Scarface is a movie when I saw back a decade plus ago that I didn’t care much for and didn’t see as some sort of gangster/crime-drama classic by any measure. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami.
Plot Synopsis: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana (AL PACINO) stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. The studio provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
#SCARFACE THE WORLD IS YOURS MOVIE TV#
Murray Abraham, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulinįeatures: Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, TV VersionĪudio: English (DTS:X), English (DTS 2.0), French (DTS 2.0 Mono), Spanish (DTS 2.0 Mono)
– $79.98 | October 18, 2019Ĭast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon, F.
Scarface might not rank up there with other classics in the crime-drama genre, but it’s a great film combining the talents of Oliver Stone’s scriptwriting and Brian De Palma’s direction, alongside the performances by Pacino, Pfeiffer and Mastrantonio.