A drug fueled Macbeth tale

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2006)

(May contain possible spoilers! You have been warned!)
After reading many of the reviews on here I was surprised to see that no one made the connection between Scarface and Macbeth. Tony Montana is similar to Macbeth in so many ways. They both start off as well meaning hard working men with dreams off "making it to the top". But they both lack strength of character. Tony is sucked into the drug world by the lure of money, women, and power. While Macbeth is lured into murder by promise of power by the three witches. Tony Eventually follows Macbeth's lead and kills the "king" so that he may become the drug king.Also though like Macbeth, paranoia(and a couple kilos of cocaine)erode his rational thinking and drive him to make decisions that will come back to haunt him, including killing his best friend. Much like Macbeth killing Banquo and Macduff's family. In the end Tony as he looks at his coke covered desk the dead body of the most important woman in his life (his sister) it seems to finally dawn on him the the price for money and power has cost him everything and everyone he cherishes the most. His pride though will not let him die like a dog, and he decides to go down fighting as did Macbeth. And as did happen to Tony, Macbeth looses his life to the enemy that his own irrational actions created.