
Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does fo... (Full plot summary below)
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Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down.
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| Empire MagazineAndy GillPerfomances are excellent, and despite its moralistic conclusion, the film has since become de rigueur viewing for crack barons, who know a good shoot-em-up when they see one. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertScarface is one of those special movies, like "The Godfather," that is willing to take a flawed, evil man and allow him to be human. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisAl Pacino is amazing. a knockout action blockbuster! |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyScarface is the most stylish and provocative - and maybe the most vicious - serious film about the American underworld since Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather." |
| Ebert & RoeperRichard RoeperI like it as a kind of B-movie version of The Godfather. There are a lot of classic lines and a handful of memorably horrific scenes ... |
| DVD ReviewFelix Gonzalez Jr.Scarface could be the male moviegoer's answer to Mommie Dearest ... when it's not grotesquely melodramatic, it somehow manages to be incredibly dull. |
| Times (UK)Toby YoungScarface has become a touchstone of pop culture, one of the half dozen or so most frequently referenced films of our era. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesPacino, of course, goes way over the top and through the floor on the other side. |
| IGN DVDR. L. ShafferOne of the best gangster dramas ever made, driven by Pacino's haunting performance and De Palma's lightning pace. |
| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerA slyly ironic vision of America's still-thriving meritocracy. |