`Chu see thad pieceachit over there?! I neffer like heem!'

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2003)

SCARFACE (1983) -***1/2 Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, F. Murray Abraham, Harris Yullin. Bullet ridden loose remake of the classic gangster flick this time with the titular crime lord as a Cuban refugee (portrayed with swaggering brio by Pacino in his second iconic screen role) who makes it good in being bad with cocaine up the ying yang and a penchant for uncontrollable, paranoia fueled instinctual violent tactics in his empire. Written by Oliver Stone with his atypical masochistic streak and directed with all out testosterone by Brian De Palma filmed on location in Miami adding a special pseudo luster to the bloodshed. Favorite line: `Chu see thad pieceachit over there?! I neffer like heem!' and of course one for the archives with Pacino and a small mountain of Bolivian Marching Powder.