A long, outrageously extravagant, bloody, drug fuelled 80s celebration of cinema.

Rating: 10/10 (25 October 2007)

SCARFACE (1983)
Scarface is now an iconic film. Al Pacino received wide recognition for his portrayal of power hungry Tony Montana, but this was not the case in 1983. Scarface was met with mixed reviews and Pacino's performance was criticised as 'over the top'. I can see why many critics did not like Scarface: it's over the top, it's weak on the storyline, it's perhaps repetitive at times and it's 170 minutes long.
Scarface is not a masterpiece, but it is an iconic film. It's entertaining, vivid and bloody. It's in a way old fashioned and modern: it's extravagant it's long, but it contains profanities, violence and drugs.
Imagine a more exaggerated, aggressive, modern and less moral Godfather and you sort of get to Scarface.
7/10