The movies begins with a text describing how Castro opens the port of Mariel Harbor, Cuba, to thousands emmigrating to the United States in search of the American dream. The text also tells us that Castro unlocks the over packed prisons as well, allowing thousands of criminals to join the refugees. Tony Montana, the main character played by Al Pacino, is one of them. In Florida, Montana starts to make his way to the top, connecting with a powerful gangster by the name of Frank Lopez. Tony is ruthless and shoots down anyone who crosses his path to power, fame, and wealth. He eventually kills Lopez and marries his mistress, Elvira, who is the girl of his dreams. Montana then becomes the leader of a cocaine empire, however like that of others
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This was depicted by gangsters going on murderous rampages with horrific results. It was this moral standing which Scarface was influenced by, reflecting the terrible repercussions of a criminal lifestyle. The infamous scene of Tony’s friend Angel getting dismembered by a chainsaw underlined such horrifying realities. This scene made use of closeups, emphasising the chainsaw and suspenseful music to convey terror within Tony seeing Angel brutally murdered and potentially suffering the same fate. This scene also contradicts S carface’ s reputation in exploiting action and glorifying criminality. Tony’s reactions and fear of decapitation should have indicated to audiences the horrific repercussions rather than a celebration of a criminal …show more content…
From early on we realize Tony has a liking for kids because he basically asks Elvira if she would want to have kids with him. Kind of creepy if you ask me. Tony stood out of his criminality to compromise the assassination attempt, which triggered his own death. Tony’s realisation of his criminal lifestyle took influence from its predecessor, where its protagonist becomes increasingly dazed as his life drastically changed. Scarface has become misinterpreted in glamorizing criminality and instead should be seen as conveying horrific realities of a criminal lifestyle with no
This was depicted by gangsters going on murderous rampages with horrific results. It was this moral standing which Scarface was influenced by, reflecting the terrible repercussions of a criminal lifestyle. The infamous scene of Tony’s friend Angel getting dismembered by a chainsaw underlined such horrifying realities. This scene made use of closeups, emphasising the chainsaw and suspenseful music to convey terror within Tony seeing Angel brutally murdered and potentially suffering the same fate. This scene also contradicts S carface’ s reputation in exploiting action and glorifying criminality. Tony’s reactions and fear of decapitation should have indicated to audiences the horrific repercussions rather than a celebration of a criminal …show more content…
From early on we realize Tony has a liking for kids because he basically asks Elvira if she would want to have kids with him. Kind of creepy if you ask me. Tony stood out of his criminality to compromise the assassination attempt, which triggered his own death. Tony’s realisation of his criminal lifestyle took influence from its predecessor, where its protagonist becomes increasingly dazed as his life drastically changed. Scarface has become misinterpreted in glamorizing criminality and instead should be seen as conveying horrific realities of a criminal lifestyle with no