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Rating: Null/10 (27 December 1999)

Scarface (1983) can be viewed as the pinnacle of the crime-epic genre, as well as being the cult-favorite among hip-hop culture. This classic shows how an immigrant would like a share of the American Dream, but uses illegitimate means to ascend to the top. Like the true stories of Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, and John Gotti, this film is just a modernization of how crime and success is related to the innovator, a typology coined by sociologist Robert Merton.
Even several lines of this classic has been sampled by DJ Ready Red of the Geto Boys. Several of the Geto Boys, like Mr. Scarface (who took the film's name as his stage name) are fans of the movie, as well as other actors like Chris Tucker. Even the other crime genre flicks like New Jack City, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown owe a lot to this classic, since noted directors like Mario Van Peebles, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez are influenced by a cult favorite that has transcended.
Even violent, this classic should always be in the hip-hop collection of classic flicks, along with the blaxploitation movies of the 1970s.