A good gangster flick, not one of my classic favs, however

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2003)

Scarface[owned VCD](Brian DePalma)- Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steve Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, F. Murry Abraham

Overall, this film is a bit overrated. Although its not a bad film. The story is nothing special, although one can relate to the main character, Tony Montana (Pacino) quite a bit. De Palma's direction is solid, and some of the scenes are truly great, and others are simply mediocre. As for the screenplay, it had some very influential famous lines by Montana, and was intriguing overall. The acting was pretty good, especially Pacino who totally comes out of his Godfather persona for the Tony Montana role. Steve Bauer and Mastrantonio are also good. Pfeiffer was not great, although her character was probably the most underdeveloped. Loggia plays Frank who is Montana's boss, and is pretty convincing, and Abraham plays a man who's also in Montana's organization. Overall a pretty good film, but not a gangster masterpiece (like Godfather, Goodfellas, etcÂ…). I liked DePalma's follow-up drug-dealer story starring Pacino, Carlito's Way, more than this as I thought the characters were more developed and the story was more interesting. This film deserves a 9/10 in my book.