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| Al Pacino | ... | ||
| Steven Bauer | ... | ||
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | ||
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | ... | ||
| Robert Loggia | ... | ||
| Miriam Colon | ... | ||
| F. Murray Abraham | ... | ||
| Paul Shenar | ... | ||
| Harris Yulin | ... | ||
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Ángel Salazar | ... | |
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Arnaldo Santana | ... | |
| Pepe Serna | ... | ||
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Michael P. Moran | ... | |
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Al Israel | ... | |
| Dennis Holahan | ... | ||
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. Written by garykmcd
This is one of my all time favorites.
If the movie has a flaw, it's that it comes at you like a raging bull. It doesn't so much engage the viewer as assault him. ''Scarface'' is as voracious and unyielding a production as Tony Montana himself. Nothing is left to the viewer's imagination.
Moroder's languorous synthpop fits the action to a tee. Like the chorus in a Greek tragedy, it wails and gnashes, broods and tugs, a constant reminder of Tony's inexorable fate.
Not so much a tale of caution as a disaster in progress, ''Scarface'' rips across the screen with the unstoppable force of a runaway train.