Review of Scarface

SCARFACE

Many movies have been made about drugs, crime, and ruthless gangsters but SCARFACE is at the top of the list. One of the most popular films of all-time features one of the most notorious and dangerous characters in movie history, Tony Montana. Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance in this remake of the 1932 original filled with guns, blood, drugs, and money. Director Brian De Palma uses sound effects, camera angles, and editing to create a horrific and mesmerizing story of an ambitious immigrant who wants everything the world can offer him.

The opening scene of the movie is an establishing shot. We learn that Fidel Castro has opened a port in Cuba letting all Cubans with relatives in the U.S. leave. However, he has also sent political criminals, who have been in his jail for years, to the U.S. in order to get rid of anyone who opposes communism. Dozens of boats are seen filled to the brim with Cuban immigrants and we get an understanding of how life was for them. In the next scene we meet Tony Montana for the first time. He sits in an immigration office trying to get his green card but the officers do not fall for it. Montana is sent to Freedom Town with a bunch of other Cuban immigrants. We learn he is a smart - talking, fear - less man.

Manny Rivera is played by ? He finds a way to get Montana and him green cards. A friend in Washington wants Ribenga dead. Montana agrees to do it and before he knows it he is in the U.S. After working at a lowly job, Montana and Rivera are giving a big job that will pay them $5000 if they do it right. When Montana meets the Columbians, he is very cautious and is very bold when asked for the money. Unfortunately for him and his friend Angel, the Columbians want to do business dirty. Montana is very bold and hesitant in giving Hector the money. However, Hector has different plans. Angel is tied up and tortured to his death with a chainsaw while Montana is left to watch. When it is Montana's turn to suffer, he does not show any weakness or fear. Luckily Manny and Chico come in at the right time and kill the Columbians. Montana and his friends get away with the money and the cocaine. They bring it to Frank Lopez himself and instantly become Frank's right hand men. At Frank's house, Montana is introduced to Elvira and it is love at first sight. Elvira is snobby, cold, and beautiful. Montana goes to dinner with Frank and Elvira and