McCheesy's take on "Scarface"

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2008)

Tony: Look at dem pelicangs fly! An update of the 1932 film, Scarface (1983) follows gangster Tony Montana and his close friend Manny Ray from their trip on the Cuban Boat Lift for refugees to their arrival in Miami. After killing a powerful Cuban figure, Montana and company gain the ability to leave their refugee camps and roam around the U.S. After unsuccessfully trying to make it legitimately in the country, Montana and Ray resort to selling cocaine to dealers around the world. Tony's rise is quick, but as he becomes more powerful, his enemies and his own paranoia begin to plague his empire Before I go on with my review, let me just say that Al Pacino is one scary dude. I wouldn't be messing around with him because as he aptly said, "You mess with me! You mess with the best!". I mean, even to the last minutes of his colorful drug-induced life, he stood there and took the bullets like it was nothing. It was really looking to be the best, most badass way to die that is until some Terminator wannabe hack creeped behind him and loaded Tony with a 12 gauge shotgun. That scene along with the forever classic "Say hello to my LITTLE FRIEND!" was one of the most violent, visually amazing, bullet orgy I have ever seen in the history of cinema.
Al Pacino gives off one of his best performance ever as Cuban immigrant Tony Montana. His intensity on screen was like an earthquake, it was amazingly well done. It is rather obvious that he was really committed to playing the character, undertaking lessons to make his Cuban accent more believable and I read in one article that even off screen, he was still using the accent. Hours and hours of painstaking work and dedication until he reaped the fruits of his labor. A tip of the hat to the cast and crew of Scarface for making an unforgettable film and showed us what it really takes to achieve that 'American Dream' back in the day.