Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2005)

A stunning success of scripting, tension and subtle but effective use of dark brutality. Stone and De Palma have created here a captivating story following the struggle and eventual toppling of a Cuban political prisoner who succumbs to the lure of the American Way. His dreams of power and respect surpass him in his bid to be successful and rejected by his mother and later his sister you can sense that it is already too late and the evil and greed of the drug trafficking has embodied itself in Montana (Scarface). A lot of people will pick up on the heavy swearing and extreme violence but these are beautifully intertwined with long acts of suspense and beautiful story telling which makes the journey a peak and trough of light and dark, which makes the violence even stronger in context. My all time favourite Pacino movie.