Excellent - A real gangster cult-classic and a personal favourite!

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2005)

Perhaps Pacino's finest performance - against some pretty tough competition, like The Godfather movies and Serpico - Scarface is a dark and viciously frank perception of the criminal underground. The use of gore and violence is brilliantly done, as it is entertaining but not gratuitous; it is used to put a point across. The casting is perfect; Pacino is brilliant as the ruthless and eventually paranoid Tony Montana, Steven Bauer does a great job as the right hand man Manny Ray, and flank characters like Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)contribute nicely to the overall plot. Excellent stuff from Brian dePalma, and a personal favourite of mine.