Scarface

Scarface

1983 · 170 min · EN · R · 8.2 (13,066 votes)
Dir. Brian De Palma · Starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon · Music Giorgio Moroder

He loved the American Dream. With a vengeance.

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After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

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This is a visceral, adrenaline-fueled descent into the intoxicating allure and brutal consequences of unchecked ambition. It feels like a fever dream of excess and power, relentlessly building to a chaotic, tragic crescendo. The atmosphere is thick with desperation, paranoia, and a raw, operatic intensity that leaves you breathless.

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