Scarface 1983

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Scarface ★★★ 1983 (R)

Al Pacino is a Cuban refugee who becomes powerful in the drug trade until the life gets the better of him. A remake of the 1932 classic gangster film of the same name, although the first film has more plot. Extremely violent, often unpleasant, but not easily forgotten. 170m/C VHS, DVD, UMD . Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harris Yulin, Paul Shenar, Oliver Stone, Pepe Serna, Mark Margolis, Richard Belzer, Victor Campos, Gregg Henry; D: Brian De Palma; W: Oliver Stone; C: John A. Alonzo; M: Giorgio Moroder.

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