Scarface (The Movie)
Stars: Al Picino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert LoggiaAl Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever portrayed on film. Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban gangster who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. It follows his rise to criminal wealth and thousands of immigrants arriving in Florida in the 1980s. Pacino, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him rise to the top of a criminal world but his paranoia and over protective desire to protect his kid sister, played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, prove to be his reasons for falling to the bottom, leading to his eventual murder. The films brutal violence and lack of positive characters still make it controversial and disliked by certain critics, especially make in the early 1980s when movies of such violence were rare. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Tony's coke-addict
Tony Mantana, played by Al Picino, goes from washing dishes in a fast food restaurant to the most feared and most powerful drug lord of the time. His partners in crime were also very well portrayed by F. Scarface was actually a remake of the 1932 movie with the same title. Al Picino played a perfect gangster with a brutal and violent temper. Brian De Palma, the Director of Scarface, does a brilliant job with the cast and directing. I think that this movie was very well done from all aspects. Genre of the Movie: Drama and Crime/GangsterSpecial Cinematic Techniques: I thought there were many well used cinematic techniques. The cast that was organized meshed so well together and really strived off of one another. The special effects were very good, especially for a movie in the early 1980s. This is one of the best gangster drama movies of all time. A young Michelle Pffeifer plays Tony's trophy wife who only loves the power and the money that he possesses. There were plenty of fighting scenes in Scarface and I thought they captured them very well. I really enjoyed this movie very much.
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