A mountain of excess

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2007)

There is so much on the surface of this movie that it is difficult to get to the real story.
I didn't count the number of times that Tony Montana (Pacino) uses the work f*ck or motherf*cker, but I do not believe there is another movie out there that tops it. I have heard that after 20 years, The Devil's Rejects may now have the title, but I haven't seen that, The violence is over the top also. The shower scene with the chain saw is most memorable, but the end is also bloody.
Drug use? I have never seen a mountain of coke like the one on Tony's desk. he literally wallowed in it.
But, underneath all of that, there is a story of a man who was a loser. A man who did everything to the extremes to hide the fact that he was so shallow and a failure. His relationships, if you could call them that, we superficial. His mother knew the truth. Apparently, she was the only one.
I highly recommend watching this movie on broadcast TV after you see it on DVD. Without all the language, you can see some of the real story that makes this Pacino's greatest film.