Mob Movie Monday Review "Carlito's Way" Starring Al Pacino | Michael Franzese

[@spreadthelove77]

“A favour is gonna kill you faster than a bullet” - Carlito Brigante

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

"you ain't a lawyer anymore kleinfeld your a gangsta now... And you can't learn it in school and you can't have a late start"

[@adityashintre4506]

Man if u have the movie can u tell me the timestamp of this line.

[@ginofoogle6944]

@@adityashintre4506 you watch the movie and you hear it.. herpa derpa

[@adityashintre4506]

@@ginofoogle6944 oh man I watched it just 7 days ago but still forgot and I wanna show my brotha but not able to find that line🥺.

[@GODALMIGHTY85]

@@adityashintre4506 🤣🤣😍

[@pollypocket3508]

When you said that his biggest mistake was going back to his old neighborhood reminds me of something I read: You can't get better in the same environment that made you sick.

[@Alvan81]

Short, Sweet, and 100% true.

[@jerrycraig6522]

That's good, and so true, don't need to mention how I know!!!

[@D33Lux]

"You cannot fix life's problems with the same brain that created them."

[@robertbailey6611]

Yup... I made that mistake 5years ago when released from a bid... Its been a slow recovery, pockets are definitely light but I sleep comfortably

[@hollyentel4819]

Exactly right

[@realwealthproperties5671]

When Sean Penn killed the mobster, Carlito said “you killed us Dave…you killed us”. He knew they were dead after that. Such a great line.

[@jeffgoodbar7682]

Not mobster he's a lawyer

[@realwealthproperties5671]

Yeah I know. I know Sean Penn was the lawyer. He and Carlito killed the mob boss on the boat while they were Breaking him out of prison. I think you’re confused bro.

[@MichaelL502]

@@jeffgoodbar7682 Reading is fundamental 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@daone241]

@@MichaelL502 😭😭🤣🤣😳😳😳

[@cc-92]

Is it safe to assume to mobster would have killed them anyway?

[@ballislife9989]

Carlito's biggest mistake was not seeing that Benny Blanco was him 30 years ago and not recognizing the young lion coming up.

[@TurboLazer007]

I think he did realised he just didn't care

[@J1912-b2f]

I think that's why he hated him in the first place. He was a changed man

[@OJPTURBO]

ah he's a nickle bagger

[@Yamaguchi2Chris]

Never me. Never me.

[@mickypixie]

Nah, benny isn’t the same calibre as Carlito... not even close

[@Rob-sk1im]

Pacino's masterpiece. This film deserved Oscar nods from cinematography to acting.

[@frankmfeb13]

I thought his acting was better in scarface, but still. He did a great job, always does

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

@@frankmfeb13this movie is the purest form of street culture you’ll ever see, this is a master piece ..Scarface was an exaggeration of drug life but this movie was pure..as the driven snow…

[@MetalizedButt]

This movie reminds me of A Bittersweet Life, a korean mob movie about a high-ranking gangster who disobeys his boss’ orders for a calmer life with a girl he falls in love with.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

“I don’t know you, so I don’t owe you” is still one of my favorite Pacino lines… 🤣

[@on2wheels378]

When my father graduated from Law School when I was 17. My grandfather said to me, "what's the difference between a prostitute and a lawyer? I said i didn't know. Gramps said, "when you die, a prostitute stops screwing you."

[@dreddmann9292]

That's a good one. You can alasys count on gramps to say something hilarious and insightful at the same time.

[@kryptonianblack7769]

"The street is watching. She's always watching".

[@Tarantulisimo]

And when the streets mad at you, she don't kill you - she puts you in one of these (wheelchair)

[@DANi-dt9sp]

“In the street, You can’t have a foot it and a foot out” Man that’s the whole movie basically!!

[@duneideannaer5990]

I wanna cry for Carlito every time....... His Heart & Soul is in the right place. Pacino has such a genuine face with this character, you buy into him right from the off! But, Sean Penn, wow! By far & away the best performance in this flick.

[@dominiquejones3805]

And finally relocated

[@tonym994]

that image of fat Tony getting his bald head torn open by a sharp object is burnt into my brain. Sean Penn is always great. and also a more than decent director.

[@Alvan81]

It's the cliche 'slow motion Train Wreck.' You keep wanting to say, "wait, wait, don't do that." But he's stuck on the Tracks.

[@nickynicks_]

Me too! And I've never watched the movie. When Michael showed the scene where Carlito gets shot I actually gasped and felt so disappointed, even though I guessed from Michael's summary of the story that he was going to end up dying anyway.... Definitely want to watch the movie now!

[@DShOT138]

@@nickynicks_ it’s a classic flick. I think you’ll enjoy it.

[@sonychiba4733]

Carlito's Way was a reunion for some of the actors that played in Scarface

[@Manny-nm8dh]

Same director.

[@wesmantooth5908]

No shit, Sherlock.

[@ss-leifbarsark7767]

Yupp! I like that people use these smaller role actors that whould not be famous..i Think its honourable!

[@EliasAlucard]

Yeah, it's just that it's far better than Scarface.

[@dominiquejones3805]

@@EliasAlucard I always felt that way

[@juniorbor5888]

There's an old Puerto Rican saying: Tell me who you hangout with and I'll tell you who you are!(Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres)! Good videos Michael 👍

[@samtemdo8]

Carlito: "These Italians I worked with them, I know them. They will read this with their eyes closed."

[@ARCSTREAMS]

weave*

[@adrianmunoz7646]

a blindfolded Italian, being shown a clue about the death of Tony T: (Italian gibberish) ahhhh...it was Kleinfeld 😂😂😂

[@samtemdo8]

@@adrianmunoz7646 You can say it was one of my favorite lines in the movie.

[@dabome4001]

@@adrianmunoz7646 hahahahaha i could see these words of yours 😂

[@andrewmussio]

Carlito Brigante - “You a gangster now, you can’t learn it at school, you can’t have a late start”

[@stoned466]

Classic line.

[@Sovereign_sparky]

Adios Councilor.

[@gsoto3323]

Best line!!!

[@lemisanthrope]

Except for Walter White.

[@gaberaddo7664]

👍

[@GreaseballSonny]

Here in Spain, the title of this film is "Atrapado por su pasado" which in English means trapped in his past. I think the title is very significant to explain the situation of Carlito. Great job and good video as always Mr. Franzese!

[@aliquin9]

Wouldn’t it be “Trapped by his past”

[@PokeLexgnzlz]

A correct translation would have been "La manera de Carlito", but translating it as "trapped by his past" is a very precise title, he had no way out of criminal life.

[@tareklegrand7747]

in french version it's called "l'impasse" which means Deadlock or No way out but there was a way and it's called Carlito's Way

[@tareklegrand7747]

@@PokeLexgnzlz a way doesn't automatically mean method it can also mean path. Carlito was trapped to the point that the only way out was Carlito's Way

[@PokeLexgnzlz]

@@tareklegrand7747 No Way Out is another movie's name, from 1987 xD

[@adolfoliverbusch4755]

My old man used to tell me.. You can’t soar with the eagles if you hang with the turkeys... RIP dad, love you🤙

[@D33Lux]

The turkey gets no respect, no respect I tells you! (Rodney Dangerfield voice.

[@budgibson185]

One of the greatest gangster flicks EVER!

[@tedkelly3712]

Maybe I should watch this movie again it's been a long time

[@bear1245]

Remember me...

[@apocalypsepow]

Sean Penn is great in this, so is John Leguizamo

[@D33Lux]

@@apocalypsepow Honestly everyone was great in this movie, 100% believable. The last roughly 25 mins of the movie when Tony T's son and the mobsters are in the club is perfection to the end. The intensity was amazing and the accents, music, just incredible.

[@ctwishkeyprn2039]

As a Puerto Rican I'm glad you have positive sights with us lol, growing up I've always had an Italian I'm my life as a work boss or my neighbor, and I love how the culture treats there own, always reminded me of my family

[@TonyVerrazano]

The fat mob guy in the chase scene is my grandma's cousin, Edmund. He gets shot by Pacino while he is going down the escalator. Great movie also, nice review!

[@evanabbott2737]

That’s cool😁

[@dominiquejones3805]

Word up

[@TonyVerrazano]

@Gary Louis he looks good. Lost some weight. He did a couple other films in 98 and 2000. I believe he owns a construction equipment company in North Jersey these days.

[@feardheas4548]

Fantastic scene, he actually makes even more memorable.

[@feardheas4548]

@Gary Louis they don't half give him abuse n all..

[@muffin10ization]

Sean Penn was unbelievable in this movie. what a great film

[@D33Lux]

Fun fact: It was Sean Penn's idea to get a perm for the part of the character.

[@derekazyan9942]

Penns a douche but a great actor 🤷‍♂️

[@KtotheG]

Penn is a great actor. I love a lot of his work.

[@D33Lux]

@@KtotheG He is and even if he's just a supporting actor he's amazing. He was in some incredible movies, The Game, Mystic River, Dead man walking, casualties of war, Colors...too many to name.

[@angelo_giachetti]

Penn and Pacino are so good that they seem like entirly different ppl in each movie.

[@bigmoe4712]

You know what brother? You are an awesome example of how a man can change his life! You are very pleasant, articulate man. Honestly, you must have been rare in the life in that you seem very relaxed, professional and kind. I like the fact that you are using your previous life to tell young people to go into the opposite direction. Keep up the great work and be well brother.

[@rosaflorpuig3971]

Agreed.

[@josephpenton9539]

Best advise my dad ever gave me: "you might be the purist innocent dove but if you fly with the crows, you're going to get shot at." I do not know why I took this to heart but it significantly effected my life. Never hang out with losers.

[@gabe6475]

You realize that people shoot at doves. In fact I would probably shoot a dove over a crow, crows are bony asf

[@ObliqueVisualsNz]

@@gabe6475 wooooosh

[@johnmozierfishing7010]

@@gabe6475 Shuttup

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

crows are super smart!

[@Sam-qh8vq]

Did your dad get that quote from a children’s book lolll

[@SIRDKA]

The pool hall scene is brilliant, the tension is palpable.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

Agreed, if you've ever been hooked into dope, then tricked and robbed, you know how real that scene is.

[@pete6498]

What’s palpable?

[@SIRDKA]

@@pete6498 a feeling so strong that it seems as if it can be touched or physically felt.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

Carlito could tell the deal would go bad when he saw the guys gun while he was playing pool. Instincts of a former criminal

[@773superprguy]

Always look at a Puerto Rican in the eyes during a drug deal.

[@mrp3263]

Imagine being in the life in 70s NYC. Must have been insane. The city was falling apart, crime rates etc. The streets were alive boy. So nice to listen to a guy that was LITERALLY there! God bless you Mike.

[@Pablito1980Brigante]

The guy who plays Tony 'T' Taglialucci was and ex Gambino soldier before he found Religion and became an actor. I think that's why he portrayed the part so authentically.

[@thomasseery7570]

The guy in the white hat was Hector with the chainsaw in “Scarface “ and a brilliant performance by a hardly recognisable Viggo Mortensen in a wheelchair.

[@thomaspiccirillo6820]

Al Israel

[@JohnMiller-oz7gv]

He's a good actor. V. Mortenson.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Stand up guy

[@haileyn4219]

Have to bring in an English men too play a disabled Puerto Rican gangster..that's hollywood

[@superfly19751]

@@haileyn4219 He’s not English but why does it matter? Great acting is great acting.

[@randy464]

Carlito had an over the top sense of loyalty that wasn't returned. The movie was a great lesson on the reality of life on the streets.

[@AdamPaul2222]

In my opinion one of the saddest death scenes in a mob movie! He’s so close to his goal , free with the love of his life... and boom brick wall stops him in his tracks ... ugh that hurts

[@aaronclareyloveshr6918]

@AdamPaul2222... Nah,they eventually would've had caught up to him later down the track in the Bahamas.... You think the mob would shrug their shoulders and say 'Oh well,he escaped the country,I guess that's that'.... Nope! He would've had to live off the grid and wait for the one by one to die of old age or a heart attack before the smoke would clear again.

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

"When you can’t see the angles no more, you’re in trouble, baby. You’re in trouble."

[@johnloya9600]

Heavy duty,heavy duty.

[@onerandombruh]

By looking at your name and avatar, that quote comes great.

[@robertbedson3207]

Your gping to rent car... here's to you Carlito 🥂

[@raleighburner1589]

Hell yeah that's a fact in every aspect of life

[@bluejihbed5022]

Oh i know 🙄

[@keithnegutterkings7574]

This was a movie based entirely off of another famous Pacino quote: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I'm sure that probably occurred to Alfredo and Brian when making this film.

[@jasonferrara3629]

LOVE this movie. Joe Cocker’s “you are so beautiful to me” is at the end credits and that was my wife and l’s song. I lost to cancer in September of 2020. She was 50. 😢

[@frankferrara8435]

Sorry to read this. My condolences to you.

[@jasonferrara3629]

@@frankferrara8435 Thanx. Wow, we have same last name.

[@theragingviking9177]

My condolences!

[@jasonferrara3629]

@@theragingviking9177 Thanx

[@everettjoseph2679]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@OdintheGermanShepherd]

Never seen Carlitos Way....I’ll definitely check it out. Excellent overview here. Thanks.

[@FreedomsLife1776]

Whattttttt!?!?! One of the BEST crime movies of all time.

[@harvillex4284]

My favorite Pacino movies. And that says alot

[@charliesolorzano8457]

Great movie check it out

[@maxciavarelli9178]

Watch it ASAP

[@albertogonzalez7838]

Definitely a great movie!!

[@rubenace23]

Hey Michael I am Puerto Rican and want to thank you for the kind words you said about the Puerto Rican people you had good experiences with. I also want to mention you are an inspiration to me and I'm proud of the way you turned things around for yourself. In this movie what I think was the best scene ever was the chase man those camera angles 💥

[@kajcsapapa]

This is a top 3 performance by Pacino hands down. One of my all time favorite movies

[@BostonsF1nest]

I’d say Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, and Heat

[@johngullo9420]

For me there’s no way I’d have a top 3. Pacino has been great in far more films than just 3.

[@jay07261986]

Godfather2, godfather1. Scarface, carlitos way and Donnie brasco

[@henryclarke5363]

@@jay07261986 and insomia

[@migrantson]

My "Carlitos (Take-A) Way": "Don't be so hyper-focused on your goals in life that you overlook the WISDOM of a Gail, the LIABILITY of a Pachanga, or the THREAT of a Benny Blanco that exist right in front of you :0" Thanks for covering this movie Michael! One of my fav movies of all time!!!

[@OvertheHIL524]

Excellent points.

[@migrantson]

@@OvertheHIL524 thx Sam!

[@jdoggs08753]

Well said.....EXCELLENT summation.....most won't get this ...but this is the REAL LESSONS of this flick

[@migrantson]

@@jdoggs08753 thank you! Yeah man I relate in some areas to Carlitos storyline- growing up in an immigrant area, my childhood friends taught me "loyalty" or, the "way/code"-many of them ended up dead or in jail, and I had to make a choice at one point which direction I was going to go. Even now, decades later as a husband, father, and business owner...I have goals and ambitions but I feel my past is always on my heels and pitfalls forever in front of me. Just wasn't enough time...before they stretch me out in Fernandez funeral home on 109ths st. Lol

[@mikemcconville2495]

Right on!

[@angusorvid8840]

This movie was especially powerful for me because it reminded me of a lot of friends I had growing up who didn't make it. They made the same kind of mistakes as Carlito. I was also twenty at the time and struggling through menial jobs and barely graduated high school and didn't see college as a possibility. So I understood the temptation of crime. But the truth is easy money ain't so easy. I was very lucky I wised up when I did because I had some close calls with bad people and with the police. One of the people who straitened me out was an old black man I talked to at a party I went to with my mother. An elderly black man, the father of my mother's friend's boyfriend, overheard me talking with someone and when that person went back into the house he says to me, "Son, I can tell you are intelligent, but you've got a filthy mouth. If you keep talking like that you won't be successful." Just from that conversation I started being more conscious about the words I used. It was very hard. But I stopped cussing so much. I think that's the moment when things started to turn around. I went to junior college. Yeah, I went to junior college for ten years as I worked construction and retail, but it was a start. I went to a four year school then and studied history. I got into computers then. I did okay. But I look back and can see the close calls I had and how much of it was because I thought I had to be a tough guy or my friends did. I was so damned lucky.

[@danielswan690]

inspirational my friend

[@delimar77]

Thanks for your kind words about my people 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@korneld]

Someone should tell him, though, that PR is the U.S. I'm not gonna do it. He might have me wacked.

[@delimar77]

@@korneld 👽👽👽

[@chefmike857]

Very strong people much respect 💯

[@delimar77]

@@chefmike857 yes

[@geoffwalters3662]

I worked with a ton of folks from PR in the US Army. On top of that, I was in Panama 4 years and of course we had alot and they were a huge asset with the language skills. Love the food too although I have not been to the island, have been in Latin America over 12 years. Salute Mrs. Aponte. One of my best buddies from the Army (I was Infantry, he was one of our medics) was Francisco Aponte.

[@djlegendarry5355]

The Pete Amadesso scene in the club was one of my favs. " When I first met him, I thought he was Italian..."

[@lucasdamotta2931]

Plot twist: he is a italian playing a puerto rican hehe

[@dantrag2890]

"Carlitos ain't no F'ing ******, look at the way he dances."

[@forzajuve4845]

“I thought he was italyan “?

[@Ire308]

I'm Puerto Rican and I love everything Italian. Most people don't know this, but there is a sizable percentage of Puerto Ricans that have Italian ancestry (not my case unfortunately). There was a great community of Corsican immigrants in the Island. I know Corsica belongs to France now, but it is ethnically Italian.

[@tucomorales5109]

Africano Español Taino

[@dominiquejones3805]

I got Carlitos Way over Scarface. Love the story of trying 2 get out but the streets is always watchin

[@brianmallen8887]

Wait a minute. Over "Scarface?" I love "Carlito's Way." But Scarface was like the 80's answer to all the mob/gangster films before. All the Bogart, Cagney, E. Robinson, Paul Muni, etc.. Funny how they made Pacino in "Carlito" look different than "Tony Montana" with that beard.

[@infiniteg7852]

Hell No

[@FirstLast-yc9lq]

@@brianmallen8887 Scarface hasn't aged all that well.

[@brianmallen8887]

@@FirstLast-yc9lq But Pacino is amazing. And to be honest, I kinda thought "Carlito" was Tony Montana if he'd got away and laid low for awhile. And I always wondered how this actor's actor was able to pull off so many aspects of gangster life through his career. And let's face it, Al Pacino made his career playing cops and criminals. Even "Scent of a Woman" he's a military guy with the spectre of violence always looming. So he makes a film called "City Hall," the writer of which was in a gang as late teenagers with Al Pacino. Makes a lot of sense, there's no way Stanislovsky by way of Lee Strasburg coulda fed him the gravitas needed to face down Sollazo as Michael Corleone in The Godfather without real world experience.

[@jaycompany4886]

@@brianmallen8887 i agree with u totally.

[@J4sse]

Fun fact: one of the guys chasing Pacino at the subway is Tony Soprano's father.

[@AlexG-xl1cc]

I love Jon Bernthal and all (he is Tonys dad in the Many Saints of Newark) but hat actor will always be Johnny Boy Soprano to me

[@JR-wd7pw]

Holy shit so it is… I hate when I can never recognise actors from other films/shows

[@jeffyaremko4530]

Yeah he's the guy dressed as a cop and kills Sean Penn in the hospital, Johnny soprano lol

[@alexalvarado144]

@@AlexG-xl1cc Isn't Jon Bernthal supposed to play Dickie Moltisanti? Christopher's dad?

[@thepalatrpro]

Thought he looked familiar.

[@juancolon887]

I'm nuyorican and al Pacino's performance was pretty good as a Puerto Rican. I wish he would've spoken more Spanish in it to make the character more authentic but a pretty good performance. John Leguizamo and Luis Guzman were on point.

[@Mattschannelism]

This one of Al Pacino's underrated movies right up there with And Justice for All. Thanks for the review, Mike!

[@Protoman85]

You're out of order!

[@starwarsroo2448]

I think it's perfect

[@jamesjamieson6181]

Sean Penn(nutter) was great too 👍🏻

[@ginnybloomer5132]

@@jamesjamieson6181 I don't like Sean Penn but he was superb in this film

[@paulw.4528]

It’s not really underrated, most people think it’s better than Scarface

[@willy565]

"These Italians....I know em, I worked with em'....They will see right through this".....Great line by Carlito.

[@sgtjarhead99]

Michael, if I were to tell someone that some of the best lessons learned in life came from a former MOB boss, they'd think I was crazy. Thank you for uploading this. Your advice taken to heart.

[@Thatguy55595]

Carlito didn’t give Sean Penn the gun in the hospital he just asks to see it and takes the bullets out without him noticing

[@derrickburns8263]

He also tells him to have it out for when they come you'll be ready

[@bodeezy78]

Tru shit

[@charlesgrigson6436]

Adios, counselor

[@venturatheace1]

Just a small mistake

[@kinglouie97luda]

"you cant have one foot in and one foot out" wow that hit me.

[@kinglouie97luda]

@Mark Green have you ever been in that position?

[@bluejihbed5022]

Ofc u can

[@kinglouie97luda]

@@bluejihbed5022 and be happy??

[@bluejihbed5022]

@@kinglouie97luda it all depends

[@elizabethshaw734]

My thoughts exactly when I saw Carlito walk into the neighborhood. A lot of young kids today when you try to get them out of crime they will tell you that a real job doesn't pay enough or as much. They don't want to be an everyday Joe with a job and a family trying to pay bills.

[@SammyPro820]

At this point with the cost of living thru the roof, I don't wanna be a average joe!! Lol

[@h.epennypacker2598]

The actor who played Tony T, was actually a real life Gambino enforcer in the 80’s named Frank Minucci.

[@Angelo-fj8pm]

How do you know ?

[@h.epennypacker2598]

@@Angelo-fj8pm A little bird told me

[@Angelo-fj8pm]

I hear ya

[@kevingordon9192]

I told someone that on KZbin years ago. Someone had a problem with me that I said he was a real wise guy. The person said I didn’t know what I was talking about. I’m a liar. Apparently he must have done some research. Because he came back and corrected himself by responding back to my post on KZbin. He admitted that he was wrong. But he did it in a way only an Italian can. I wasn’t mad. Because I knew I was right. I used to live in NYC. You would be surprised how many of these guy’s that they use in mob pictures are actual wise guy’s. His name is Frank Minucci. Tony T’s real name from the movie.

[@DWilliam1]

RIP Frank Minucci. That said, he testified against Robert Blake in his murder trial.

[@AB-fm2zn]

"these italians, I know them, I worked with them, they will read this all the way with their eyes closed..."

[@mystermysterio5348]

They need to make a movie on Micheal Franzese. A lone survivor of the Mob Life underworld...Mob Ties with no lies. He survived because of his street smart wits and a strong heart that pumps no fear.

[@Zeus0886]

“They shotgun you just to see you fly in the air. Chacho you better off in jail”-Pachanga

[@eddieg.aoe-4482]

😅

[@ARCSTREAMS]

they shot him in hyde park,, henry hyde park man

[@Zeus0886]

@@ARCSTREAMS its patrick henry high

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@Zeus0886 hahahah yeah thats it,, been a while

[@LuisTorres-tm2jc]

Lol that’s still true

[@caliboy1012]

“No you stay here” that part was funny af 😂 Benny did right.

[@dalzvert9206]

Right on Lucky

[@rkirby7183]

Michael, the line I got growing up was "If you hang out with the doers, you're gonna' get did". I always appreciated that advice. Applies to all kind of doers: liars, thieves, con men, and killers.

[@sambakka540]

“The Italians are gonna read this with their eyes closed”~ Carlito Loved that line

[@runawaytrain9794]

Close enough, the line actually is: "They will read this one with their eyes closed".

[@evanabbott2737]

I love that line.😁

[@MMAGamblingTips]

@@runawaytrain9794 Can you explain it? Is this in reference to when Dave killed the guy on the boat?

[@runawaytrain9794]

@@MMAGamblingTips No. Yes.

[@J.Trujillo]

"But these new kids nowadays man, they got no respect for human life. They shotgun you just to see you fly up in the air."

[@gfunkmadness]

When I woke up I was standing over him screaming: I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO THERE! I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO THERE!!!

[@bmac454]

Your Betta off in jail. Man 😃

[@averagefella]

@@gfunkmadness Was the from Anger Management? I love the movie lol

[@bobthegamer1880]

Carlito was disrespectful though 😂😂😂

[@gfunkmadness]

Haha for real even the same actor as pachanga, it’s like lou from anger management was pachangas illegitimate child in early 2000’s NYC

[@carlitocollasol5839]

Luis Guzman is underrated. Him and Steve Buscemi. Both are extremely versatile , playing anything from a street bum , gangster , gigolo.

[@SQ773]

"I'm reloaded" "Here comes the pain"..

[@baconlt72]

First I discovered Michael's videos, and thought they were great. Very good way of speaking to the camera, good to watch. Then I find he's doing mob movie Monday, and then I find he's reviewed one of my all-time favorite movies, carlitos way. It's difficult to describe just how perfect that was. Really really enjoyed it, thanks Michael.

[@paulw.9015]

Pachanga: You know it be’s like that, c’mon let’s go Benny Blanco: Nah you stay here *pew*

[@PilotAdventurer]

What’s really cool is that the mob guy at the Prison is actually a former ex-mobster that also turned his life around by embracing god. His name is Frank Minucci. He wrote a book called “Brother Frank”. It would be totally awesome if you would review that book.

[@Gl6619]

I just read where Robert Blake tried to get him to kill his wife..

[@Cantankeroustinkering]

I'm from the UK and love listening to the stories from you! Much appreciation for what you do with the gang bangers to set them straight great guy thank you!!

[@darkstar1650]

Pachanga"Cmon Papi be fun be fun let's take him in the alley and put him in the trunk ".....

[@malcorub]

Loved Pachanga in Boogie Nights and Traffic 2000. He also had his own sitcom papi!

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

"remember Laline? Ya.. Laline got 30yrs in Attica man! 30yrs!"

[@Murderbot2000]

“You are who you hang out with.” Boy, is that ever the truth. My life is still wrecked, from who I used to hang out with.

[@goji508]

Carlito's way is a classic believe me you won't watch it once.

[@jerrycraig6522]

That's right, like a potato chip!!! Try to eat ONE!!!

[@joshrobinson6785]

Ive only seen it once...like 15 years ago

[@timmyd6196]

Missed one of Carlito's mistakes. Not only does Carlito go on a drug deal with his cousin. He goes on a drug deal with his cousin in a jacked up, orange, flamed out car.

[@rumundutu7533]

😂😂

[@lanceuppercut7477]

First thing I thought when I saw the exterior of the car 😂😂👍

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

That's what was popular to kids back then it was the mid 70s

[@KP-yq8id]

Amazed I made it til almost the end. Why did I just listen to this guy summarise the plot of a movie I have already seen for 25 mins?!

[@runawaytrain9794]

Fun Fact, Michael: IDK if you were aware of this, but both films "Q&A" and "Carlito's Way" were originally novels written by the same author, former NY State Supreme Court Judge, Edwin Torres. Outstanding review Sir, and thank you for sharing.

[@eltocayo87]

Nice

[@NEELSAN76]

Every Puerto Rican I knew including myself had this movie and Scarface in their vhs collection when I was growing up. Al Pacino always gets a pass from me. He can play a Latino any day.

[@elrubio687]

Lol. Ya both buggin🤣 Ill giv Pacino a pass cuz hes a Bronx kid, like myself. But mistaking him for a LATINO? Neeeeeeeeeeeeeveeeeeeeer!!!!! Tony Montanas accent has to be one of the worst latin accents in all of cinematic history. And Carlito Brigante didnt even have any latin accent (which is fine since he was raised in NYC)

[@NEELSAN76]

@@elrubio687 Even as a kid I knew he wasn't Latino and I also knew his Cuban accent was over the top but Scarface wouldn't have been the same without him. It was the right performance at the right time and that's one of the reasons why that film became a cult classic. I love how he played Carlitos Brigante too. Nowadays it's different. Actors can't play different ethnicities or even handicap roles anymore.

[@mrsandman2045]

Italians are Latinos. Hello

[@elrubio687]

@@mrsandman2045 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣French people and Romanians are latino too, right?

[@NEELSAN76]

@@mrsandman2045 Say what?!

[@ShowseeTravels]

I got out of the life 21 years ago right before I turned 30, after the tragic loss of my Bestfriend. I walked away, I changed my number, I moved to another state, and I never contacted anyone from that life ever again. It’s been 2 decades and it wasn’t easy. I spent many years becoming one way, it took a few years to learn to become something new. Normal? Normal for me, I’m alive, I’m not drug or alcohol addicted, and I’m not a prisoner to that life or in a cell. God is Grace 🙏

[@Yousef-fs3nx]

"I'm Reloaded" and "never convicted on no dope"

[@AlexHernandez-gn6rd]

Your gonna FUCKIN' DIEE BIIGG TIIMEE! Fucking love it! Carlito is a amazing character. This is when I fell in love with al pacino. I thought he was spanish in reality. He had to be. You can't play carlito and NOT be spanish of some kind.

[@Yousef-fs3nx]

@@AlexHernandez-gn6rd love the movie check out the books its based on called carlitos way and after hours by edwin torres great reads

[@edlocks5112]

Here comes the pain!

[@billybilly6592]

Hey remember me. Benny Blanco from the Bronx.

[@ctrusfive5268]

I don’t remember the last time I wiped my nose! I’m gonna remember you?

[@ninjanizzle]

pew pew💥💥🔫

[@billybilly6592]

@@ninjanizzle cmon lets go. .. nah you stay here. Pew 💥🔫

[@ninjanizzle]

@@billybilly6592 😂👌

[@doomvictor3934]

I love Carlito's Way. It's one of my favorite gangster flicks. I would choose this over Scarface anyday.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I agree. Tony Montana had one redeeming quality and that was what got him killed. He was not a likable character at all. Carlito was a very likable character and everyone watching the film wanted him to be ok, which makes the ending more heartbreaking. This is why I love Michael's KZbin channel because Michael is NOT soft and he is NOT some braggart or blowhard, which makes his conversion even more real. God bless him.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Same hot take. I agree

[@SquareSausages]

I prefer Carlitos way over Scarface but scarface does have its merits and good scenes and iconic phrases and moments.

[@doomvictor3934]

@@SquareSausages True

[@bodoor8172]

Carlito’s Way is a much better movie than Scarface in multiple aspects, better supporting actors, more character development, better soundtrack, better cinematography, much better storyline etc.

[@stephanwatson7902]

10:23 these are the same types of "friends" that if you quit drinking or smoking they'll try and get you to do it again. Because they don't want to change, but they also dont want you doing better than they are

[@devilsmechanic5156]

Yep had a dude constantly offer me smokes after I quit. Said he regretted after he quit tho

[@jordansmobiledetailing5097]

Michael I’m half Italian, my grandfather was full Italian, born and raised in Harlem 1937 and passed away in 2017. I’ve heard so many of these mob stories from his mouth and I’m happy I found your channel. Makes me feel like I’m sitting in the kitchen with him again over spaghetti and meatballs.

[@delanodegenie6970]

How can your Grandfather be full Italian if he was born and raised in Harlem?

[@jordansmobiledetailing5097]

@@delanodegenie6970 Both his parents are from Naples he was born in 1937. They came over on the boat through Ellis island. Think before you write something idiota.

[@DonP-gf5hn]

@@delanodegenie6970East Harlem was mostly Jews & Italians in the old days

[@lpquagmire3621]

LOVE this one -- it's operatic and over-the-top but compelling every step of the way! Pacino and Penn are unforgettable!!

[@j.d.bradley7183]

"If you're on the street, you have to do the street stuff." Fact,

[@misterx4757]

My favorite Al Pacino movie. It's like a biography of my life. Except I got out.

[@wpochert]

Michael, so much respect for you and how you turned your life around ❤ You have such a great voice for story telling. Very relaxing listening to you speak. Thanks

[@gaberaddo7664]

"That's some kinda stink you gonna make in trunk of a car, that's Saso man, used to be Ron"

[@rossrichardson6593]

Ooh whats that smell lol

[@MykeFord950]

that scene was hilarious! & the way Pacino pronounced "Saso" was unforgettable

[@D33Lux]

Carlito ~ "Give me my money" Saso ~ "What money?" Carlito ~ "I'll cut your liver out!"

[@whitemoses7913]

I was involved with drugs for many years. Despite intentions and many attempts to break away, I ended up right where I started again. Because those were the people I hung out with and I always felt like owing them something. There's a quote in the movie where Calito says "You don't get reformed, you just run out of wind.". And I guess I ran out of wind that I finally realized I've had enough. I gotta get away from these people and don't want anything to do with them anymore. "I don't owe them anything." was exactly what I thought. Thankfully I got away cleanly. Some people could've ended up in jail or dead. But my life was left a mess nonetheless. I've lost most of the people I cared about and those who ever cared for me. Nothing good ever come of it in the end.

[@johnnypools6971]

Me too

[@mikehoncho8896]

The questions like, "you know, you know someone, all you gotta do is introduce me", never end till your right back in it....

[@chicagosusieq8548]

God bless you all who struggle.🙏

[@jerrycraig6522]

and that's what happens, I collected for some Columbians, distributed and collected, then after a year in jail and 30 days in treatment (court ordered) I learned " Fuck Everything And Run" you gotta leave it ALL behind,or never get better!!!

[@jerrycraig6522]

@Keir Campbell thanks I've been clean since 09/28/1983 the day I got arrested, it's certainly not easy and alot of "friends" I never talked to again, but I learned and struggled even had drug dreams for years, anyway thank you and God bless

[@mikehunt4986]

"Played a seedy lawyer. Ever heard of that?" I literally burst out laughing when you said that!

[@corydrummond67]

This movie was amazing. There is a scene where Sean Penn double crossed the Mob Boss and Carlito said “you just killed us”. And he had a line about having to go along for the ride no matter what. I felt that line. Like when I was younger. I’ve been along in the car, with “friends” filled with regret and wishing I could get out.

[@OTAKU-mm6ku]

I experienced some experience like Carlito when I was a teenager. I took to stealing at the age of fourteen . It lasted two years. It took me four years to make people forget my misdemeanor. Now I am a father to three kids and a teacher. I identify with the protagonist.

[@michaelpisani5962]

Another home run! Nice presentation. I appreciate the way you always weave the "moral" into your videos. And you are 100% on the requirement of a clean break.Thanks.

[@norm32548]

The best part is when the lawyer realizes the gun isn't loaded

[@peaceispriceless6051]

"Adios, Counselor!" .........Classic👌🏾

[@ernestpratgarriga9879]

Klenfeld got his jewfro popped

[@JohnnyFontane528]

Hey! Kleinfeld is my brother!

[@elrubio687]

“The laaaaaaaaaaast of the Mo-Ricans” At least this Brian De Palma flick had more real life puertoricans than what Scarface had real life cubans

[@ffeda]

Brian De Palma directed Scarface as well

[@HAL-vc3of]

@@ffeda duh

[@RoaroftheTiger]

@N.E Digger - authenticity

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

"what happened to mini skirts n all that maaarrrryyyyyyjuaaaanaaaaa? Now it's pant suits an cocaine"

[@Tarantulisimo]

This is probably my favorite movie review of all

[@t.t.kelsey7132]

It's because of watching this flick..later in my life after being released from Arizona doc.. .for drugs.....i left ARIZONA..went to OKLAHOMA in a small town and meet a beautiful redhead who I've been married to for 29 years...yeah Michael.. This move made me think about THE BIG CHANGE....and I did it THANKS to GOD & this movie. Love your channel brotherman👍keep it going

[@hmosesmamulu6491]

awesome testimony. stay blessed and happy marriage to you 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@sanjin9665]

His own so called “friends” backstabbed him.

[@non-governmentissued4174]

Just like in real life

[@tonym994]

@@non-governmentissued4174 as Mike Corleone said to Hagen after machine guns ripped his bedroom, "our associates are businessmen. their loyalty is based on that." (tho Rocco did give his life to whack Roth).

[@D33Lux]

Carlito: "You said they were friends Guajiro, but there ain't no friends in this shit business.

[@joemurdoch4138]

One of my favorite movies. Sean Penn is great in this movie, probably one of his best roles. Carlito is such a tragic character because all he wants to do is get his money and get out of town so he can go into a car rental business, and he just gets in deeper and deeper. Ironic that the movie Q&A was mentioned, since both the novels that the two movies were based on were written by the same author.

[@jrodtmtilwedie8102]

"you can't serve two masters" Streets or legit, choose one and that's it

[@veterannavy304]

Legit is sometimes more cut throat than street. Not justifying crime at all .

[@davidchavez8808]

Now this movie is a classic and honestly from my personal opinion that was Al Pacino's best Gangster flick. Great perfomance

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I agree and it's mainly because Charlie was just so damn likable and you genuinely wanted to see him make it out alive and start a new life with Gale. When we learn she was pregnant with his baby, it made me cry at the end.

[@mofoz66]

I have to say, you did a fantastic job doing this movie review. Just fantastic.

[@iverstim]

Please review “Once upon a time in America”. It’s an epic film. Deniro in his prime.

[@frankgarcia565]

Yes definitely but please review The DIRECTORS UNCUT Version The cut version is just not as good!

[@andrewnichols1023]

Great film very long but epic, Sergio leone’s best film going away from his typical westerns. Still using the extremely close up shots that he is known for. The sound track really makes that film.

[@mystermysterio5348]

That's my favorite movie and still have it in DVD classic. James Woods too, a great Actor with a well performance.

[@joelspringman7748]

Pure garbage.

[@jwaxmcgeeg9706]

Greatest underrated Street movie of all time. I remember the day I saw it at 14 years of age. Really opened my eyes! Thanks Michael

[@gilbertsilva4277]

I'm only sad I found these video so late. Me and my pops would've loved to listen to these experiences of yours. You're a beast sir, all the respect. Big fan

[@PaulBattle]

"Favor gonna kill you faster than a bullet." Great movie. Carlito's Way and Donnie Brasco are overshadowed by some of the other big name movies in the genre, but I really enjoy them both.

[@ComicBookNerdOutCBNO]

God Damn Right. It's because they're not flashy. But they have great substance. All story.

[@dominiquejones3805]

I got Carlitos Way over Scarface

[@venturatheace1]

Facts!!

[@zedo0]

Possibly my fav Pacino film. This was your best review yet. Real life lessons in this film.