Weekend Flick Pick
Scarface has to be one of my favourite 8o's films. It has everything you could possible want from a flick: Style, glamour, violence, thrilling nail-biting moments, potential incest (OK well possibly not quite everything). Al Pacino is the fire-rocket that is Tony Montana, and Michelle Pfieffer plays Elvira Hancock, the glamourpuss wife of his drug dealing business partner Frank Lopez (who Tony incidentally bumps off as he's rather taken a shine to Elvira himself!)
The violence in this film is full throttle. I would warn you that if you are averse to grisly scenes, then you might want to go and make a cup of tea at the beginning of the film when the shower scene is on - Clue: think shower curtain rails, handcuffs, a chainsaw and lots of fake blood, and no, I still can't watch it either!
In terms of ideology, Scarface is hardly likely to win the "lets-paint-the-Latino-community-in-a-really-positive-light award", but if you can get beyond that, then the storyline is very compelling. In fact it's so sit on the edge of your seat nerve-racking that you might actually end up eating your full body weight in popcorn before you even get to the bit where Tony decides that actually he doesn't fancy his murdered business partner's wife anymore - he fancies his sister!
...and then there's that fantastic gun totting end scenario, which gives even Rambo, or Bonnie and Clyde a run for its money! This film is a must see, but either buy in some Calms tablets or nerve tonic first!
Michelle Pfieffer; rich bored housewife chic
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