Pure schlock

Rating: 2/10 (30 August 2018)

I have seen Scarface several times, and I still don't get why people think it's the best movie ever. It's really badly done. De Palma was really losing his touch by this point. He had one more good movie up his sleeve a few years later, The Untouchables, but otherwise, he was pretty much on a downward spiral by the early 80s.
The acting is over the top, things just happen, but you don't feel anything for the lead character. He just goes forward. It feels sometimes like it just keeps jumping around, 3 months later, 3 months later, let's skip filling things in. And what was up with Robert Loggia's Lopez character and having only one bodyguard on his payroll?! When Tony Montana implied his boss was low key, he wasn't kidding.
The only good thing about the movie is the hilarious, quotable lines that have become part of pop culture parodies.
Otherwise, this film really doesn't deserve the praise so many keep giving it.