Scarface (1983)

Posted : 1 month ago at Oct 15 7:21

''I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!'' In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. Al Pacino: Tony Montana ''In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.'' Brian De Palma did a very good job directing Scarface. Whenever an actor is able to become larger than life with his performance some credit should be given to the director and I will certainly give De Palma that. Brian De Palma, though not given the respect at times, is a very versatile director by my reckoning and assessing. He knows how to direct movies according to their genres, but that at times has let some of his works down. In Scarfac...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 months, 1 week ago at Sep 12 3:25

Okay, let's get this part out of the way; "Say 'ello tu my lil-oh frenn!" Now, with that most over-used movie-line over & done with, Scarface is the in-your-face, over-the-top character that will always iconically follow the career of Al Pacino. The rise & fall of drug kingpin who literally started out nothing & pyrrhically ends up with everything the drug-world has to offer. One of those rare times for an actor where upon it's over-the-top performance is considered so perfect for the role, that's its almost impossible to imagine it done in any other fashion. Pacino is brutal, heartless & violent not just the way he handles the character of, but also with the way he handles the Cuban accent (something he does again, but this time with a Puerto rican accent & not with as much of an i...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 8 8:16

SOME PEOPLE MAY WONDER HOW THIS COULD BE BOTH UNDER RATED AND OVER RATED, WELL MOST PEOPLE LIKE SCARFACE AND PRAISE IT JUST FOR BEING SCARFACE, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE COOL FOR EVERYONE TO LIKE IT EVEN IF U HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. IT SHOULD BE APPRECIATED FOR ITS TOUR DE FORCE PERFORMANCE BY PACINO OR ITS GREAT DIRECTION BY DEPALMA OR OLIVER STONE'S DETAILED SCRIPT ABOUT A PISS POOR IMMIGRANT WHO MAKES HIS WAY TO THE TOP, THE SCRIPT DE-GLORIFIES BEING A DRUG DEALER BY HAVING EVERYONE IN THE BUSINESS GETT WASTED OR ARRESTED IN BLOODY WAYS, AT NO POINT WAS THE VIOLENCE GLAMORIZED. THIS FILM FLOPPED AT THE BOX OFFICE WHEN FIRST RELEASED, AND OVER MANY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE GANGSTER FILM JUST FOR BEING SCARFACE. TAKE TIME TO REALLY ANALYSE THIS FILM FOR THE TRUELY GREAT QUALITIES I...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 18 8:57

Despite being a vehicle for some extraordinary acting by Al Pacino, this film serves as nothing more than a hyper-violent gangster flick that exists purely to be quoted by film students and working men alike. One of the most overrated films of all time, I couldn't find an ounce of substance or bring myself to empathise with any of the characters.

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 2 years, 4 months ago at Jul 9 14:57

Sadly, I'll admit that I've never seen Scarface until last night, yet I've always heard its a great gangster movie, and everyone knows that line, 'Say hello to my little friend!!', even the ones that never have seen this film. Now it's a bit unfair to be rating a film made almost 25 years ago, as I probably would have rated it an 8 or 9 had I seen it back in the 80s (well, early 90s anyways - i would've been too young in the 80s). But since then such great gangster films like Goodfellas and Casino, as well as drug films such as Blow have been made, and compared to all those, this film is very so-so. The plot follows the rise (and fall) of a Cuban refugee who becomes the biggest drug lord in Florida, but there was nothing making me care for the antagonist. I cared what happened ...Read more

Rating : 6/10