When Castro had opened the port of Mariel Harbor, several thousand Cubans had fled to the US. Among them was a young tough boy named Antonio Montana (Al Pacino), who along with his friend Manny Ray started the cocaine trade and builds a strong drug empire in Miami.
One of the main themes within 'Scarface' is to get as rich as possible, which reinforces capitalism. The culture that we live is constantly forcing ideologies at us through our norms and values, films such as 'Scarface' reinforce this. 'Scarface' is teaching us that capitalism is a norm within our society and that we should all follow it.
Tony Montana is a Cuban exile who arrives in Miami seeking fortune in the US. He and his friend Manny (Steven Bauer) have little interest in cleaning dishes in a fastfood van, so jump at the chance to perform a drug handover for Miami mobster Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia). Pretty soon they’re on Frank’s payroll, and Tony has seen the opportunity to make a lot more money than Frank is willing to risk, by trafficking drugs from Bolivia under the noses of the local drug lords.
Al Pacino as Tony Montana, Steven Bauer as Manny Ray, Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira Hancock, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Gina Montana, Robert Loggia as Frank Lopez, F. Murray Abraham as Omar Suárez, Harris Yulin as Mel Bernstein, Paul Shenar as Alejandro Sosa, Ángel.
Scarface, upon its first release, drew controversy regarding the violence and graphic language in the film, and received many negative reviews from movie critics. Some stated that editing was a problem in the