Scarface

“Say hello to my little friend.” The drug-crazed, bloodshot performance by Al Pacino is the rock at the heart of this extreme and controversial film penned by Oliver Stone., A Cuban immigrant becomes a cocaine kingpin in this update on the gangland classic., Graphically violent drama telling the story of a Miami-based mob boss – a Cuban refugee who works his way through gangland competition and builds up a nationwide drug-trafficking empire which then collapses around him. Scripted by Oliver Stone, the film features one of cinema’s most gruelling sequences, involving a chainsaw, a shower and a strung-up henchman., Tony Montana, an exiled Cuban criminal goes to work for Miami drug lord Robert Loggia. Montana rises to the top of Florida’s crime chain, appropriating Loggia’s cocaine-addicted mistress in the process., Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, an exiled Cuban criminal who goes to work for Miami drug lord Robert Loggia. Montana rises to the top of Florida’s crime chain, appropriating Loggia’s cokehead mistress (Michelle Pfeiffer) in the process. Howard Hawks’ “X Marks the Spot” motif in depicting the story line’s many murders is dispensed with in the 1983 Scarface; instead, we are inundated with blood by the bucketful, especially in the now-infamous buzz saw scene. One carry-over from the original Scarface is Tony Montana’s incestuous yearnings for his sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). The screenplay for the 1983 Scarface was written by Oliver Stone., A Cuban refugee becomes a drug lord in Miami. Inspired by actual events., Al Pacino is the ambitious Cuban immigrant who builds a drug empire. Strong language/violence/drugs/flashing images., Widely-celebrated modern-day classic of the gangster genre. Al Pacino delivers an unforgettable performance as Cuban immigrant Tony Montana as he climbs his way up through the American underworld. Based on the Howard Hawk’s original movie in 1932 and boasting a screenplay from Oliver Stone., In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel while succumbing to greed., Graphically violent story of a Miami-based mob boss – a Cuban refugee who works his way through gangland competition and builds up a nationwide drug-trafficking empire which then collapses around him. Oliver Stone’s screenplay was adapted from Ben Hecht’s script for the original 1932 version of the film starring Paul Muni., Graphically violent drama remake telling the story of a Miami-based mob boss. A Cuban refugee arrives in Miami and works his way through gangland competition, building up a nationwide drug-trafficking empire which then collapses around him. Scripted by Oliver Stone, the film features one of cinema’s most gruelling sequences, involving a chainsaw, a shower and a strung-up henchman., Ultraviolent gangster epic from Brian De Palma. Al Pacino is the ambitious Cuban immigrant who builds a drug empire. Strong language/violence/drugs/flashing images.