The American Dream is given a new dark twist.

Rating: 8/10 (20 March 2015)

The prestigious critic Roger Ebert once said of the film in one of his Siskel & Ebert sneak previews that "The violence isn't for exploration, it's an important part of the story"
I for one take the same stance, The violent gratuitous nature of the film is supposed to be a clear-cut reflection on one of the many darker aspects of the American Dream, which is that it doesn't matter where you came from or what kind of person you are because at the end of the day you will still be eligible to climb the ladder all the way up to the top, regardless if you're working as a cocaine-dealing kingpin in Miami you're still setting yourself and subsequently accomplishing your own personal goals.
I won't go any further into the main narrative of the movie because I don't want give away important plot details for fear of spoilers but what I can say is that Scarface is a scathing critique of the American Dream's most banal principles.