Tony Montana Film Analysis

Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. The 1983 movie Scarface starred Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a ruthless Cuban immigrant killing his way to the top of Miami's cocaine-crazy underworld. (The film was loosely inspired by the 1932 film Scarface: The Shame of a Nation, which starred Paul
“Scarface,” Brian De Palma’s 1983 crime saga about the rise-and-fall of a Cuban refugee who becomes a powerful Miami drug lord. Since its release, “Scarface” has lent its dialogue, music, fashion and imagery to countless rap artists and their songs, such as Notorious B.I.G’s “10 Crack Commandments” and Mobb Deep’s “It’s Mine.” One rapper has even gone so far as to adopt “Scarface” as a stage name, and build an entire career around references to the movie. Indeed, two decades later, it seems as if the very essence of De Palma’s film has been assimilated by the hip-hop community, or at least a highly prolific segment of it. Evidence of this can be seen in the 2003 album “Def Jam Recordings Present Music Inspired by Scarface,” a compilation of songs by artists including Jay-Z, N.W.A, Ice Cube and even Grandmaster