"Say hello to my little friend!"

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 1999)

Brian DePalma's epic drug flick 'Scarface' is quite an intriuging insight into the billion dollar drug trade in the US. With Pacino in the title role as Tony Montana (AKA Scarface), a Cuban refugee who hits the big time with the drug trade in Miami, who would've thought this flick wouldn't be something special. Montana is a cold blooded businessman.....which is what you have to be in the business he's in! DePalma's direction of Pacino is extremely entertaining, from his impressive Cuban accent to his strong body movements, DePalma has crafted his lead in a way that would put most mob bosses to shame. Although Oliver Stone's electric screenplay is somewhat overlong, it still does present some great scenes to be remembered. Pacino gives us a character who in spite of his small frame, exerts more power and finness than any other character in the film. His obsession with the word "f**k" presents some comedic results, when his wife (played by a young Michelle Pfeiffer) pleads "Can you please stop saying 'f**k' all the time!". The killings in Scarface are quite imaginative, and not just the common mafia style we're used to in other movies. Stone's scripted killings range from hanging one of Montana's supposed partners (F. Murray Abraham) from a helicopter and chopping another one of Montana's partner's hand and leg off with a chainsaw to the cool-looking shooting guys in the forehead from point blank range and blowing guys up with grenade launchers. In spite of this apparent brutality, Stone does deliver each killing in a unique way.....proving that there are more ways to dispose of an unwanted individual. As Montana rises to the throne of the Miami drug business, he makes mortal enemies, who in a final bloody showdown in Montana's coke-smothered (and be warned, there is a s**t load of coke in this movie!) mansion, deliver his self-inflicted end. Scarface is a brutal story of a man who wanted it all, and got it too.....but was brought down because of it. Just remember "Say hello to my little friend!".