Scarface (reboot)

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Originally Posted by Zivouhr

A remake? Not necessary IMO. The original holds up fine.

The original Scarface

[Show spoiler]is on TubiTv in the US for a limited time free to watch. I always caught the end on TV, but only now finally watched the whole movie.

Very well told story of Tony Motana aka Scarface, though he was never addressed as Scarface once in the film, other than an agent asking how he got his scar on his face in the beginning of the film.


Some SPOILERS:
The movie covered a lot of the questions I had by the end of the film if not all of them, so good job there as well as giving Tony some depth as a criminal hungry for power and money. Near the end of the film, Tony's freedom is on the line. His lawyer cannot keep him from eventually going to jail for at least 3 years, but his Bolivian connections say they can keep him out of jail if he can follow through on eliminating a TV reporter in NYC. Tony agrees, but when he sees the reporter get into the rigged car not alone, but with his family, the choice he makes to sacrifice his guaranteed freedom to spare the family and go to war over it, says a lot about his value for family.

He's 95% corrupt and evil, but has some heart in there on his self-destructive path. I also like how later in the film while eating dinner with his wife and friend, how empty power, money and an addicted wife can be. He said he's working hard for nothing pretty much. The camera zooms in on his expression of a blank, depressed face later on. Good stuff.

Scarface is a good addition to tragic mafia/mob/crime organization themed films like Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, Godfather, Donnie Brasco, etc.

Original:



Remake: