Animal like Pacino howls at the world in rage!

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2018)

Great movie to watch if you had a bad day. Seen it so many times now that the initial shock has worn of a bit, but it is still a thrilling tale of how drugs and violence in the end always come back to haunt you.
This classic lasts for almost 3 hours. It is a slowburning portrait of the rise AND fall of a Cuban criminal who made it big in the drugs business by ruthlessly eliminating his competition. The true charm of this movie lies in the magnificent performance by Al Pacino. This actor can get angry, like no other. His rage is animal like and true to life.You feel in every sense that this man is out of control!
"Scarface" had gotten bad reviews when it was first released back in the eighties, but that didnt withold it from becoming an audiences favorite gangster classic. Now it is judged as such by critics also. Why was it slashed when it was released? I presume because of the gore. "Scarface" is one of the most raw gangster films ever made. For that period of time it was considered to be a shocking portrayal of violence in bad taste. Even to this day, it still has got big brazen balls, with especially one horrific scene where a guy gets tortured with a chainsaw. This movie got a bad name for its violence, but by todays standards it is considered mainstream. Suited for 16 years and older. And if you skip the "chainsaw" scene, 12 years and older.
Note the terrible eighties music. It was bad then, it is still bad now. But that bad soundtrack is featured in such a great classic that the terrible poppy tunes dont irritate too much. It has even gained some cult status! And by the way, those were truly the disco sounds of that era in which the Cuban crime wave hit America.