Extremely violent, intense epic about the cuban crime-wave

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2000)

My favorite DePalma film of course, it tells the story of cuban refugee Tony Montana (Pacino) who is seduced by the quick money and the lifestyle befitting druglords. This movie is hard as nails, and it was considered too violent in it's day. That's also why it is so powerful and realistic of course. Screenplay by Oliver Stone. My only complaint is Gorgio Moroder's screeching synthesizer-music which is just terrible. Oh well.