A bit unusual gangster movie

Hannah 2022-03-22 09:01:02

The rise of a gangster is always accompanied by bloody storms, but the "blood" in this film is not much, but more shows the gradual development of the relationship between Al Pacino and the people around him, sideways. The protagonist's process from rapid rise to fall.

The angle is very interesting, but it is too long... and it doesn’t feel like it disappeared so quickly when watching "Once Upon a Time in America", but it feels very long and difficult, even if Al Pacino plays well. , The impression given to me is not very good.

Al Pacino's role in it can be described as true temperament, knowing what he wants, (although I am confused in the back), and knowing what he insists on. Even if this kind of paranoia will not end well, it makes me admire it. Because as a person who is difficult to make up your mind and easy to give up, I really envy this kind of person who can persist as always, even if they insist on being wrong.

There is a detail. As long as Al Pacino asks the people next to blow up the car carrying the family of the assassinated target, his ending may not be like this, but he insists on the principle of not killing women and children and not letting himself. Feeling uncomfortable, he just killed such an opportunity in his own hands. Even if he is a bad guy, he is also a straightforward bad guy, a principled bad guy. Much better than those politicians who unscrupulously resort to all kinds of despicable means.

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Scarface quotes

  • Immigration Officer #3: Where'd you get the beauty scar, tough guy? Eatin' pussy?

    Tony Montana: How'm I gonna get a scar like that eating pussy?

    [Tony smiles]

    Tony Montana: This was when I was a kid, ya know?

    Immigration Officer #3: Mm-hmm.

    Tony Montana: You should see the other kid. You can't recognize him.

    Immigration Officer #3: [forcing Tony to show a tattoo on his hand] And this?

    Tony Montana: Oh, that's nothing, man. That's for my sweetheart.

    Immigration Officer #3: Sweetheart, my ass! We've been seein' more and more of these. Some kind of code these guys used in the can. Pitchfork means an assassin or somethin'. You wanna tell us about it, Montana, or do you wanna take a little trip to the detention center?

    Tony Montana: [pause] Okay, you got me. I was in the can one time. For buying dollars. Big, big deal.

    Immigration Officer #3: That's pretty funny, Tony.

    Tony Montana: Well, that's true. It was a Canadian tourist.

    Immigration Officer #3: Hmm. What'd ya do? Mug him first?

  • Omar Suarez: Watch my back.

    Tony Montana: Better than your front, lemme tell you. Much easier to watch.