Movie: Scarface
Year: 1983
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer

Snapshot of Story:
Tony Montana played by Al Pachino is a refugee from Cuba who has dreams of making it big in the USA. He enters the world of high drugs and crimelords and is unable to steer the life he wants in this pulsating movie by director Brian De Palma.

Storyline:
This is one of the most popular movie that is often found on the shelves of many homes, a timeless piece that is still very watchable today.
Tony Montana along with his best friend Manny Ribera come to Florida as refugees and immediately enter the life of drugs and brutal killings. The beginning of the movie is quite entertaining as they both get used to a new culture and clumsily and often comically find their way around town.
Tony has big dreams and is itching for those dreams to materialize soon and manages to connect with the right people to enter into the world of drugs. His quick thinking and his talent for spotting trouble quickly makes him a close buddy of one of the top drug lords in his area. However, he yearns for more and from a bloody duel with his long standing boss becomes the new drug and crimelord of the area. As Tony yearns for more power he also becomes very protective and isolates himself in a highly secure mansion in a very desirable area. His desire for more power and shrugging authority, soon brings in the fists of the other drug lords of the country. Along with his rapid rise, he also becomes more suspicious of his close comrades and in one scene he shoots his best friend.

Al Pachino gives a brilliant performance as an ambitiuous calculating Cuban who uses his wits to get to the very top of the drug empire. Unfortunately, the story has a tragic ending where a bloody shoot out at his house results in his demise.

Final Thoughts
The movie has all the traits of an authentic story telling and has been brilliantly directed by Brian De Palma which makes it a classic and one for the hall of fame. As you watch this movie at different periods in your life you can almost connect with all of the characters and their inner thoughts. This gives it the wide appeal and a timeless classic that is still enjoyed today.

Rating:
9/10