Scarface

Off late, people have been ruing the fact that Al Pacino has not been his former self. In an earlier issue of The Gentleman, Pradeep Sebastian recalls the brooding characters that Pacino used to play in contrast to his recent, unduly expansive perfrmonces. Well, Scarface has a flamboyant Pacino and it is one of his earlier films. But this is a cult movie - a "good ol’ gangster movie" (before such gangster movies became old).

Pacino stars as Tony Montana, one of more than a lakh Cuban refugees. Having landed in America, the land of his dreams, he looks to make it bi....