Scarface | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary

[@brianb.8295]

In 2006, the video game Scarface: The World is Yours was released for PS2, Xbox, Windows, and Wii. Beginning where the movie left off at Montana's last stand, it gives the perspective of what would have happened if Montana didn't die at the end of Scarface. It is unofficially the longest alternative ending in the history of cinema.

[@Luke-kg7vu]

That game is dope and needs a remaster

[@afroman1051]

It also has one of the greatest songs in Montana's revenge which tells the story of the whole movie

[@danmann861]

Reminds me of Spring Breakers: “I got Scarface on repeat”

[@Chefcorky]

One of my favorite scenes is when Tony goes home to see his mother and sister. The actress playing his mother is Miriam Colon. She plays the disappointed and angry mother so well. And she's not afraid of him either. And she see right through him. Because she's seen it before.

[@toro5280]

She was amazing. The facial expressions alone felt so real. How she kept it cool and cold in the beginning while getting more and more frustrated and finally let it all out, the pain and anger from what her son chose to become. Incredible scene, even though you are rooting for Tony you do realize that she is 100% right and he would bring only grief and corruption with him. I wonder if the white suit was symbolic - "... and behold a pale horse...".

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@reneedennis2011]

​@toro5280 Thank you for the pale horse reference - the four horses of the Apocalypse.

[@mojoshivers]

I just love the fact that Mark Margolis, the guy with the bomb remote in this film later turned out to play Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad.

[@MrPanMichaels]

Hector Salamanca

[@Dowly]

I think he played a mob boss in HBO's Oz as well.

[@ezioassassain]

manny also plays don eladio in breaking bad

[@JackOfBlackPhoenix]

@@ezioassassain and the actress who played Tony's mother also appeared on Better Call Saul as Tuco's abuelita

[@giovannidejoie8618]

@@JackOfBlackPhoenixnever noticed that 😅

It's crazy how much Rockstar took from this movie. On top of being basically the whole inspiration for Vice City, to the point where locations like Tony's mansion are exactly the same, it also shared a lot of voice actors with GTA 3 and you can even find the whole soundtrack in one of that game's radios.

[@Cimo8]

Remember the Scarface game? A remake or something would be crazy.

@@Cimo8 That game was bizarre

[@loisthehedgehog7658]

@@Cimo8it was a genuinely fun game

[@69coolchris]

​@@Cimo8I love that game. So much swearing it's brilliant, but having to posh up your mansion was hilarious as none of your purchases could be placed correctly and they all looked weirdly out of place as a result 😂.

[@mcfierce]

"Hit the Beard" means kill Castro.

[@LearnToRefine]

Hundreds of rappers and thousands of street gangsters were inspired by this movie.. But they only think about the Height of success, they never think about the terrible End to it all.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@Gabrielcastro-cc3qy]

Poor iQ

[@bertjohnson401]

I used to always say "Never watched the whole movie, eh?" whenever a friend had a Scarface shirt

[@Hatercel97]

You mean the blaze of glory that Tony went out in? Yeah, how terrible

[@Hatercel97]

⁠@@bertjohnson401”used to” because you definitely don’t have any friends anymore

[@beamertoy]

As soon as Tony turned to Manny and shouted at him with a cold stare and said "You stay away from her!", the tone of the movie changed. For that split second, it shows you his wrath and his relentless character. Like no one, not even a friend, is safe around him.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@44excalibur]

Brian DePalma was one of the most prolific directors of the 1970s and 1980s, known mostly for making suspense thrillers and neo-noir crime dramas, such as Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible.

[@themiIes]

Blow Out is fucking brilliant

[@Doutsoldome]

All excellent.

[@TheGoodChap]

@@themiIes blowout has probably the most haunting ending I've ever seen. Its Tarantino's favorite movie of all time

[@themiIes]

@@TheGoodChap i know haha. He would bring it on a deserted Island

[@darshin95]

favourite bunch of directors, the New Hollywood Kids, Marty, Spielberg, De Palma, Lucas, Coppola, Zemeckis

[@McPh1741]

When this movie came out, it was panned by critics but the DEA was like “people need to see this. This is what is happening in Miami.” If you can, find and watch the documentary “Cocaine Cowboys “ . It explains the whole drug scene in Miami in the late 70s and early 80s. It really was a crazy violent time. Push it the limit.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Was going to suggest this. Drug scene was all quite sedate and legalish then the Colombians moved in and started shooting up nightclubs, etc.

[@stefanconradsson]

I second this. Was also going to suggest the docu "Cocaine Cowboys", it is absolutely crazy. If anything, Scarface is the toned down version of what actually happened down there in Miami. Cheers 🍺

[@Madbandit77]

​@@stefanconradsson Along with the TV series, "Miami Vice".

[@hipster818]

@@stefanconradsson It helps to watch both the theatrical release and the unrated (extended version) as both complement each other fills in holes that are missed.

[@m_v__m_v]

Cocaine Cowboys is insane. Hard to believe it really happened.

[@peperino25]

ester eggs *Breaking Bad* & *Better Call Saul* characters in *SCARFACE* . ★ Manny Rivera Tony's best friend : *Don Eladio* ★ Tony's mother : she is *Tuco's Grandmother* in Better Call Saul (S 1 Ep. 1 & 2) ★ Sosa's employee who had to explode the bomb and Tony kills in the car is : *Hector Salamanca*

[@merchillio]

In GTA: Vice City, there’s an appartement where you can get in, and in the bathroom the shower is extremely bloody and there a chainsaw you can pick up. You can’t get more referential than that

[@AndrewCusworth]

don't forget the shootout in Tommy Vercetti's mansion at the end of the game

[@CR0MBIE]

Doesn't also exist a "Scarface - The world is yours"-Game in GTA-Style?

[@jlog1c]

Don't forget the main office room in the mansion in that game is almost a direct copy of Tony's. Very intentional.

[@jimperry1501]

Many of the scenes with Frank were heavily references in the game.

[@TheRealPowerRanger]

yes i still own the pc copie of it@@CR0MBIE

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

I think the craziest, scariest, real part about this movie is how many people idolize Tony. Growing up in low income everyone wants to make it to the top and Tony's story is a nobody making it to the top and that speaks to people. It's why people like Escobar have people tattooing his name on their bodies. Rags top riches speaks volumes to people

[@Beforezzz]

People did and still idolize Hitler. What else is new?

[@helvete_ingres4717]

it's simpler than that. Scumbags idolise scumbags

[@toro5280]

This is because some people can't differentiate between a hero and a protagonist. He may be the "good guy" in the context of the movie, but in real life he would be what I consider scum. It is easy to see how such a person would be an inspiration for someone with low morals. Reemember, a bad person will always imitate a bad role modeland a good person will imitate a good role model.

[@daved2352]

I remember young men in my area wearing Scarface shirts of hoodies and thinking "have you even seen the movie? His story is not one you want to emulate"

[@Beforezzz]

@@daved2352 Emulating and buying merchandise/liking a movie are two different things. I owned the video game when I was a teenager, had fun rebuilding Tony's drug empire and causing chaos, but I never turned into some wild coke fiend.

[@tonygriffin_]

11:00 - The Babylon is a club - music and dancing - not a restaurant but, either way, it existed only in this film. Elvira was Michelle Pfeiffer's breakout role. Though directed by Brian DePalma, the screenplay was written by Oliver Stone.

[@Iamtheiguana]

Fun reaction to a classic movie. One of my favorite parts of this has always been when Tony tells the kid to watch his friend stick his tongue out at the lady and gets smacked.

[@sunghwicho1108]

One of my favorite moments in this film is when Frank gave Tony two strong warnings which he ignores: Sosa can't be trusted and people in the drug trade that get too ambitious don't last. And both warnings came true in the end.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Fact's

[@ezioassassain]

but sosa didnt betray tony, tony refused to kill the lawyer even with kids in the car which put sosas operation in jeopardy. tony betrayed sosa by not killing them

[@jeezuschryst]

why couldn't sosa be trusted?? at no point did he lie

[@rodc7]

And the third:”Don’t get high on your own supply”!!

[@dan_evilrobot]

A little fun fact: the end of the movie that shootout scene the camera angles shot was done by Steven Spielberg apparently Brian De Palma was having trouble shooting the scene and apparently Steven Spielberg was on his set to helped out.

[@chrisleebowers]

The version of the story I heard was more of a "bro, you gotta come over and play with all the cool STUFF the studio gave me!" and it was more of a friendly visit where Steve got so excited that DePalma *let him* direct some scenes.

[@pete_lind]

Yeah that how Lucas and Steven started , they got free film reels from De Palma and got to use some camera on their projects.

[@Baiko]

Giorgio Moroder is so underappreciated, he made so many great songs for movie soundtracks. Like Push it to the limit in this, Take my breath away for Top Gun, What a feeling for Flashdance, The NeverEnding Story theme, Blondie's Call Me for American Gigolo, besides all the best songs for Blondie and for Donna Summers (plus all the songs he made for other artists, and his own songs as well)

[@Shiny7054]

He worked on Top Gun? That was Harald Faltermeyer wasn't it?

[@LeviBoldock]

@@Shiny7054 Read it again.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Didn't he do Electric Dreams too? Also did the theme for one of the Iron Man 'toons. 😄

[@vincentsaia6545]

When the studio was preparing to re-release the movie on its 25th anniversary they wanted to replace Morroder's soundtrack with a modern rap score because the movie was so popular in the rap community but Brian DePalma, who retained final cut, refused permission

[@MarkSlavin]

The Daft Punk Moroder track is class too.

[@2822MJ]

33:12-14 "God, Al Pacino is so freaking good." A very true statement. That is not even counting his other movies "The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, And Justice For All, Sea of Love, Dick Tracy, The Godfather Part 3, Glengarry Glen Ross, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, Heat, Donnie Brasco, Any Given Sunday, The Insider, Insomnia" where he had great performances.

[@edgarsandoval6990]

18:16 A small detail is that Tony is eating the lemon that is used to wash his hands after dinner, thinking it was a snack. Showing us his lower class origins and that he does not know the life of high society

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@nigeltrotter2886]

14:06- I like how the mama just let Scarface, a complete stranger, talk to her kids. Just to see Manny get slapped. 26:30- One of my favorite parts "Hey you got a job!!!" So funny.

[@Bishop228]

I loved this reaction. There’s a special edition of the movie that comes with the “Scarface Scoreboard” in the top corners of the screen that tallies both the number of bullets fired & the number of f-bombs dropped. Good stuff.

[@DerekEno-e1k]

I have GOT to see that!

[@spencerarnold669]

The Beard was a nickname for Castro, so when he's saying "hit (murder) the beard" they're being sarcastic.

[@sca88]

Michelle Pfeiffer was a checker at a grocery store in my town when I was a kid. She was the 'pretty one' I met Michelle's younger sister Dedee in July and we talked about her sister working at the store. She was surprised I remembered that.

[@alternativejk90]

7:56 The song played on the radio is "Shake It Up" by Elizabeth Daily who happens to be the voice of Tommy Pickles from Rugrats (1991)

[@mikefetterman6782]

The stand up comedian on stage is Richard Belzer. He was a staple in NY when stand up comedy clubs were first starting in the lat e 70s. He started just a little before Sienfeld, Larry Miller, and Bill Maher. You also may recognize him from over 20 years as detective Munch on Law and Order, SVU, He was Ice T's partner.

[@mikefetterman6782]

We just lost Richard this past year.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@mikefetterman6782 Richard was in another Al Pacino film, "Author! Author!" (1982).

[@24kt520]

The gun Arnold Schwarzenegger used in Predator was the gun Tony had at the end. They got that prop gun from the studio

[@reneedennis2011]

Cool 😎! I didn't know that!

[@IrishPieceofTrash1]

This film really is the perfect example of 'Having everything, yet ending up with nothing'. Tony got everything he thought he wanted, but in the end it was all hollow and meaningless.

[@reneedennis2011]

Exactly.

[@UberDurable]

The "weird looking car" is the ICONIC French car: Citroen DS.

[@joepaskowski9091]

Great reaction! As a Floridian they grew up in the 80’s, I can tell you it’s stories like this that built Miami into the city it is today. Those were some crazy times for sure.

[@JuanNunez2023]

De Palma is one of the all time great directors. He had a very varied career. He wasn't always great or flawless, but he was always interesting and daring.

[@Doutsoldome]

Yep.

[@HC_YT]

You guys loving this…. You need to prioritize THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Like this comment to get it on the radar for a future poll!!

[@BlueSkullX]

Ironically, the one time Tony did something good like saving those kids is what got him killed. Not all of the bad things he's done.

[@ThreadBomb]

This was literally pointed out in the video.

[@BlueSkullX]

@@ThreadBomb Ok?

[@thunderstruck5484]

The original from 1932 with Paul Muni is pretty much the same story except it’s prohibition, with a sister and his mom in the mix ,just like this version, thanks y’all!

[@Charles_Gaba]

“He’s already got scars! It’s not ‘NoFace!’” 😂😂😂

[@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

Did y'all know the man in charge of the bomb is the uncle from Breaking Bad Hector Salamanca.

[@davidle4936]

@@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming What?!

[@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

@@davidle4936 sorry I fixed it.

[@jesseh8554]

"Chi chi, get the yeyo" One of my favorite movie quotes

[@spencerarnold669]

"Yayo? That sounds like mayo" "Thats a real firm grip of how rhyming works George"

[@ramudon2428]

The worst part of being on the upper rungs of the crime ladder is that you always have young hungry scrupulous guys trying to steal your vampire.

[@chandlermorgan708]

38:59 "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@slickback1305]

You should check out CARLITO'S WAY. Another Brian De Palma/Al Pacino movie.

[@BJBee]

I remember this as a kid. I think Sean Penn was in it, completely unrecognizable.

[@DC90]

And Viggo Mortensen.

[@davidmannion7333]

That's a great film. Very under appreciated too.

[@jmiyagi12345]

I would say Carlito’s Way was a superior movie to Scarface.

[@AutoPilate]

@@jmiyagi12345Pacino’s accent certainly improved.

[@Viscount1881]

10:20 Pretty funny that George said vampire by mistake when looking at Elvira, because coincidentally there was an iconic 1980s horror hostess called Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She even had a film in 1988 that I think George would VERY much enjoy (the Simpsons character of Booberella was based off her, and Elvira was a spoof of Vampira i.e. Plan 9 from Outer Space).

[@g13n79]

I always thought Booberella was based on Barbarella

[@shiningfaceofluzon5594]

George is probably familiar with the vampiric Elvira character... he probably said "vampire" because it was a Freudian slip or something like that

[@blondepotatoboi]

Interesting story, one of the girls Manny chats up (the one he becomes distracted by during the chainsaw segment) actually went MISSING shortly after filming that scene, and she's never been found. Her name was Tammy Lynn Leppert.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup. That was on Unsolved Mysteries.

[@TheAshMcG]

So this is a remake of the 1932 film based on Al Capone, but Oliver Stone wanted to put it into modern times, so he relocated it to Miami and cocaine trafficking. Al Pacino is so amazing in this role, I really love the message of this movie.All of Franks rules were correct in the end..... Rule number one: don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed. Rule number two: don’t get high on your own supply. Also, the guys that last in this business, are the guys who fly straight. Low-key, quiet. But the guys who want it all, chicas, champagne, flash... they don't last.

[@reneedennis2011]

Exactly.

[@jmag579]

9:31 George was right about Tony’s character. He had a massive ego even when he had nothing. Dude was made of confidence 😆

[@mmclaurin8035]

The violence in Miami during the 80s was insane. Watch any documentary about it and you'll see that the stuff depicted in Scarface is tame by comparison.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup. The documentary Cocaine Cowboys shows that.

[@zvimur]

In case you're wondering? All the Miami sunsets are California sunrises. Edit: Ouch, meant the Miami sunrises are California sunsets. 🤢🤷‍♂️

[@McPh1741]

Another really good DePalma movie you should watch is “Blowout “ starring John Travolta.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@davidd.3555]

Manny was in breaking bad; Gus’s main rival in Mexico, the bomber was the uncle in the wheelchair.

[@Acid_Assassin]

I once watched this while tripping balls. The colors are very vibrant, despite it's age. I especially love the colored lighting in the night scenes because the lack of natural light really makes the colors pop out in contrast with the darkness.

[@chappie_nottherobot]

I don’t wanna spoil who they are, but I think you two will be really excited when you see who are gonna be in future seasons of a certain show you’re watching at the moment. Scarface was a big influence, to say the least…

[@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

That's why I commented this after yesterday's upload lol.

[@HombreGermany]

I hope it rings a bell when they see him

[@chappie_nottherobot]

@@HombreGermany 🤭

[@lillbunnyhop]

I got aids trying to read this

[@jackarack5528]

Breaking Bad?

[@Curraghmore]

You mentioned 'Breaking Bad' in the background, but I guess you didn't recognize Sosas's right hand man as Mark Margolis, the actor who played Hector Salamanca. Also Manny/Steve Bauer was Don Eladio of the cartel in 'Breaking Bad'.

[@bigredtlc1828]

The director Oliver Stone wrote the script. He said he came up with the term "yeyo" for cocaine from his research with the Miami drug scene. It was a common term used for the drug. And just like Stone's "Wall Street" character Gordon Gekko, the anti-hero became a "hero" to a lot of people. Rappers picked up on the "yeyo" term and idolized Tony Montana. It's a little crazy but his rise from nothing had many fans. Thanks for reacting! De Palma is known for his stylized films that are somewhat over-the-top but artfully done. He did "Untouchables" as well.

[@TheGoodChap]

Its spelled llello because it's a Spanish word like how you pronounce quesadilla

[@treetopjones737]

Gekko is a SLIMEBALL. His type is all over the movie "American Psycho."

[@vincentsaia6545]

This is a remake of a 1932 movie of the same name based on the life of Al Capone starring Paul Muni. It's worth seeing

[@marcbloom7462]

RIP Richard Belzer! Desi Arnaz was a Cuban band leader who married Lucille Ball, he played Ricky Ricardo on the TV show I Love Lucy.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

"Say Hello To My Little Friend", 40 Years Of Greatness, Cool Reaction As Always Simone & George, You Both Have A Nice Day & Be Well

[@marctowersap8018]

since y'all watched demolition man a few years ago, Simon Phoenix says that line as well as he tries to shoot John Spartan aka the demolition man (Wesley Snipes and Sylvester Stallone, respectively), taken from this movie!

[@timyotimbo]

33:42 That's a Citroën DS, an early 70's French car that was way ahead of it's time in engineering.

[@mpotter9944]

Blow with Johnny Depp is a pretty great movie about the 80s coke trade based on a true story.

[@mr.e1149]

Those were really smart comments and appreciation. Nice

[@dancolon47]

You should definitely check out the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys" which is all about the build up to the drug wars in South Florida during the 1980s. You can easily see where "Scarface" and "Miami Vice" got their inspiration from.

[@bhurzumii4315]

"You fuckin' cock-a-roach!" Iconic!

[@derpdailygaming1414]

GTA had a lot of references but I’m gunna name two. In GTA 3, radio station. flashback 95.5 entire track was from Scarface. Second in GTA Vice City, there was a hotel that had a chainsaw pickup in a bloodied bathroom. :)

[@LiloFunk68]

Great reaction. This movie is a remake of a 1932 movie which was inspired by Capone. In both movies the main character has a thing for his sister. It's more spelled out in the original movie. But Tony's violent and murderous reaction towards any other man being with Gina wasn't just brotherly protectiveness but twisted desire. It was made worse of course by the fact that he couldn't admit that to anyone, especially himself.

[@Code_Fish]

As a Cuban his accent is spot on 👍🏽

[@jarrodoakley6911]

In like 3 min time: “…that just sounds like mayo” and “…that makes me think of the sith”. George your nerdiness is astounding

[@lords8n]

Love you guys...FYI I was born (1963) and raised in Miami (Hialeah to be exact). I lived through the Muriel boat lifts and the Cocaine Cowboy days. I was totally on the wrong side of the law, but was too young to be in so deep as to not be able to make it out. I'm sure I sold eightballs of coke from the big time loads that would come into Miami. I was too young to deal in the big stuff that got you killed though. Everything in this movie is based off reality and real events. The refugees were real. That "freedom" camp under I95 was real. What you don't see or maybe know, is that if you could make it to Florida soil and set foot there you were given refugee status and taken care of my our government. For as many boats that were met by the Coastguard, as many landed on US soil with no one to greet them and they just vanished into Miami. It was a dangerous time where you could be killed for the change you received from buying a 65 cent pack of cigarettes with a dollar. Those clubs were real also. The lifestyles were real. I also think the "Scarface House" as they call it is on Star Island and has also been in several other movies (I think Rocky owned it in one of his movies). My older brother's best friend was a Florida Marine Patrol Officer and then later an undercover narcotics officer for North Miami Beach. He was right in the middle of all of that stuff going on.

[@TheGoodChap]

I think a lot people miss that its a greek tragedy in a lot of ways. Tony has all of the 7 deadly sins pride, greed, lust, gluttony, jelousy, etc. Plus the oedipus thing with his sister.

[@reneedennis2011]

Good point.

[@pasteye1671]

That "weird-looking car" is a Citroen DS - the coolest car to come out of France (respectfully referred to as a "Frog-eye Citroen"). The French equivalent of the E-type Jaguar. It had hydrolastic suspension, which caused the whole car body to rise 6 inches when you switched on the ignition. If only it was still made today, sigh. I would love to have one and take Simone for a ride. Say Hello my little friend.

[@okgo620]

Another movie that I think was a huge inspiration for the GTA franchise is 1993 "Falling Down" with Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall.

[@themiIes]

Brilliant movie. Needs more reactions

[@jagdtony]

I hope you guys haven’t seen it yet, but definitely check out Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross. Incredible cast and execution

[@johnmaynardable]

Desi Arnaz didn't just play Lucille Ball's husband, he was Lucille Ball's husband. He was a big band leader in the 40's. They married and formed Desilu Studios which produced their hit series I Love Lucy. Desilu became a major production company that created a lot of tv shows and movies. Sorry, I know that's a little off topic. Carry on.

[@purpleslog]

TV shows like…Mission Impossible.

[@AutoPilate]

Their son, Desi Arnaz Jr., played his own father in 1992’s The Mambo Kings.

[@TheDancerMacabre]

​@@purpleslogand the original Star Trek TV show!

[@Tigermania]

If you love this move then Carlito's Way(1993) also directed by Brian De Palma is another good crime drama. The amount of sets and ideas lifted from this to "inspire" GTA games is criminal ;) Georges theory about a cocaine high then the crashing down is something I never noticed in this movie before.

[@helvete_ingres4717]

this is widely considered blasphemy but I prefer Carlito's Way to Scarface. So while I really love de Palma, Scarface isnt even my favourite crime thriller starring al pacino from him. The movie that most feels like GTA to me is (despite being mostly from the point of view of law enforcement): To Live and Die in L.A, from around the same time as this. Directed by the recently-deceased William Friedkin

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

@@helvete_ingres4717 Carlito’s Way is heavily underrated. I might prefer to watch that over this too, largely because the protagonist isn’t a complete psychopath. Plus there’s a more vibrant portrayal of 1970’s culture and style, which is a little bit hard to find in movies.

[@Doutsoldome]

I also love _Carlito's Way._ Even though I understand why _Scarface_ (which I surely like) is the most popular, I think _Carlito's Way_ is the better film.

[@harvey4512]

I think both of them are good I haven't seen Carlitos Way

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

@@helvete_ingres4717Dude yes, the scene where Richard Chance goes to the strip club feels exactly out of a GTA game down to how he gets out of his truck and runs into the club as if to start the cutscene for the next mission. “Get the Gringo” (Mel Gibson), “2 Guns” (Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg), and “Thief” (James Caan) all feel like GTA movies and are worth checking out. William Petersen actually appears briefly as a bartender in “Thief,” this was 4 years before “To Live And Die In L.A.”

[@shanewillis316]

There is an Scarface game called Scarface: The World is Yours. It was pretty good from what I remember.

[@PR3M3]

that game was great.

[@shreknet]

That game ruled.

[@planetfucksquad]

You could get a flamingo item called "pelican" in that game lmao

[@coyotefever105]

I think it was a nice “What If” video game but some missions didn’t seem like Tony Montana material

[@JackSmith1136]

LOL and you had a "balls" meter

[@USCFlash]

For a bit of perspective on Miami and drug trafficking reality at that time, check out the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys"

[@MrLaurielover]

Watching Al Pacino's portrayal of Tony Montana is magic on the screen. I get immersed in it EVERY time. ❤

[@mikehammer1777]

This movie and your reactions are epic. The scene that epitomizes the movie's message emphatically to me...is the scene where Tony is sitting slumped in his chair, with a mountain of cocaine before him, representing his success, but he sits upon his throne, as the king of nothing......unreal.

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

When you either love or hate a character and for a moment forget who the actor is playing that character....that totally goes to the brilliance of the acting. Wow!!

[@danielandrade4296]

This movie is amazing, and the videogame picks up right at the end before Tony gets shot from behind, kinda like an "what if Tony survived this attack", and it's the best "GTA clone" ever.

[@MrDMF567]

His whole vampire came crashing down

[@odinthorson1830]

Hey Simone, the crooked cop that Tony shot was the actor who played Quentin Travers the leader of the watchers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Wonderful reaction 👍

[@connorbrennan4233]

And the judge in Ghostbusters 2.

[@independentjames1]

Steel his vampire. I’m having a “crispy” day myself George. 🤘🏼 Love the channel guys!Im also Canadian, In the Kawarthas here.

[@adrianmarquez5001]

2:19 I recommend watching Carlito's Way, The Untouchable, Casualties of War, Carrie and Blow out, they are also very good films by Brian de Palma

[@icooley7391]

My father took one of those ships to try to get his brother, who was still stuck there. I was happy he made it over but was so ashamed of these other Cubans, I refused to speak Spanish for about a year. I was 14 or so. Hahaha. Al Pacino did a pretty good job with the accent when he could. The other guy, Steven "Rocky" Bauer ( Manny) is actually Cuban. Think he had a kid with Madonna. Bauer was in a TV show called "Que Pasa USA" Multi generational Cuban family living in Miami. Campy but pretty funny.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Funny, someone else telling us how bad his accent was - can't please everyone.

[@toro5280]

He also played a drug lord in Traffic and Breaking bad. The thing about accents is that people have different accents. Some are better, some are worse. An accent can be adopted or lost. You could be very good at an accent, but have poor grammar and the other way around, or bad at bothe, or great at both... I remember reading that Gary Oldman and Arnold Schwarzenegger had lost their accents to a point where Oldman needed a coach in order to play Churchil and Arnold had to deliberatly recreate his trade mark accent. But I deviate. My point is that just because a large group of people would have a similar accent doesn't mean that each one of them would talk like that. John Malkovic is often criticized about his thick russian accent in Rounders, but I have met a few russians who indeed talk like that. I live in Germany and I have a few polish colleagues and they all have different accents when they speak german.

[@icooley7391]

@@toro5280 That's so true all the way around. I did know about Gary Oldman. That man is a legend with accents. But Arnold I don't know, I mean the man even yells and grunts in an accent. LOL

[@toro5280]

@@icooley7391 Arrrllrrgghhh, aarrllghhh :D

[@reneedennis2011]

I remember Que Pasa, USA!

[@VilleHalonen]

I've heard two things about Pacino's accent: from native speakers, that it's atrocious; from Pacino (or someone else, maybe), that it's not supposed to be a real Cuban accent, but a portrayal of a Spanish-speaking tough guy who learned English by watching old gangster movies and wanting to speak like that. I like that interpretation. My edgy teen ass liked this film in all other respects, but the ending was always tough (I used to always root for the protagonist). Now the ironies of his demise are delightful. The story really is a tragedy, although maybe I'd go more for Shakespeare than Greece. Re: the SYMBALIZM of that one interior shot, my guess is that De Palma, being a huge fan of Hitchcock, is one of those directors who thinks that you should be able to follow the basic gist of the movie even if you heard nothing they said. Visual storytelling and all that. The set designs are heccin bonkers in this film.

[@VilleHalonen]

And the thing about Pacino's accent: it's consistent. The worst fake accents aren't. Whoever Tony Montana is and whatever the story behind his accent, I can believe that that's how the guy speaks.

[@TTM9691]

the accent is terrible, and so is his dancing. (Carlito's Way isn't much better, another Pacino/De Palma doing spanish gangsters). But it's Pacino, he can't help but being great, even with a crappy accent. I do prefer him doing Italian gangsters, though, I won't lie: Donnie Brasco, he's fantastic in.

[@menotyou8369]

Nah, it's just a horrible accent.

[@either-application9758]

@@Goofyguy4everI think they may have put those in because of Pacinos accent looking back, they got a different voice actor in for the game Scarface the world is yours and the crew highlighted it wasn’t just trying to replicate a Cuban accent, it was trying to replicate a native New Yorkers version of a Cuban accent, which makes me wonder if they did it because Pacinos accent was so strong they had to give a reason why

[@petercofrancesco9812]

Tony watching flamingos on tv “Pelican fly, come on pelican.” 🤣

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup. 😂😂😂😂

[@Charles_Gaba]

“He’s an antihero, he does bad things but we still want good things for him!” Um…noooooo… 😂😂😂

[@Cheepchipsable]

I don't know, some americans would love him because he hates communism, Castro and is no doubt a big supporter of the right to arm bears 🤣

[@ezioassassain]

if you want good things for him, then the scarface video game does exactly that haha

[@Hatercel97]

Not the pretentious 🤓s like you who have to turn everything into morality lesson of course

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

ricky ricardo, who was played by desi arnez in i love lucy, WAS Lucys husband in real life.

[@generichuman2044]

Such an incredible character study film. One minute you like Tony and want him to succeed, the next minute you despise him and are cheering for his downfall.

[@robbietheeternal]

I'm glad you mentioned GTA! GTA Vice City took a lot of inspiration from this movie, there is even an apartment you can visit which has a bloody bathroom, as a reference to the one scene in this movie!

[@fredt5526]

Brian De Palma made 4 great films in a row from 1980-1984 "Dressed to Kill" "Blow Out" "Scarface" and "Body Double" I hope you guys react to some of these other ones as well. "Blow Out" with John Travolta was on the Theatre Marquee in the "Joker" Film at the End. Start with that one. That is one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films.

[@rabbitandcrow]

Great director. Great movies.

[@69coolchris]

I love this film, and especially love Giorgio Moroders soundtrack to the film. There was a GTA style video game called Scarface - The World is Yours (2006) which had the premise of Tony Montana surviving the final battle and rebuilding his empire and getting his revenge on Sosa. Its a lot of fun, and has the most swearing in it that i've ever heard in a video game 😂.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Apparently Pacino went so all in on the accent that after filming was done he was in a David Mamet play afterwards and it took a few performances for the Cuban accent to completely leave his speaking voice

[@nigeltrotter2886]

33:06- He is absolutely right. They need people like Tony to point the finger away from them and say "See, I'm not bad, THAT'S the bad guy over there. And nope, it doesn't make them good.

[@onlyu2high]

RIP DON HECTOR aka mark margolis

[@powerpointpaladin6911]

Its worth noting this was an 80s riff on the 1932 classic, produced by Howard Hughes, which was based on an earlier novel inspired by the life of Al Capone. Pacino's purposefully bad Cuban accent is reminiscent of Paul Muni's 20's gangster tough-guy accent. The character is meant to be theatrical and over the top, like the Scarface character himself is an actor starring in his own internal cinema.

[@indus3270]

You were very correct, George, in your remark about Rockstar. GTA Vice City was largely inspired by this movie. There is an apartment on the beachfront in the game where you can find a chainsaw weapon pickup and the "Vercetti Estate" is very alike the mansion where Tony meets his demise. Also the backdrop in the room where Tony kills Frank has the same stylized palm tree graphic that can be found throughout the Vice City map.

[@dancheng3014]

Tony Montana basically has the mindset of a silicon valley startup CEO. Go big, or die. lol

[@reneedennis2011]

Good point.

[@DevilzFan]

"In America, first you get the the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women." That Simpsons quote was one of the only ones where I hadn't seen the source movie. Wasn't until a few years later watching Scarface where I went "Oh, it's from this!"

[@SnabbKassa]

As a Brit let me say: I nicked it, when you let your guard down, and I'd do it again. Goodbye

[@tremorsfan]

There's also the joke about the pizza delivery truck.

[@Clyde__Frog]

"Hellooo. I nicked it, when you let your guard down for that split second... And I'd do it again. Goodbye."

[@Grinix0]

simpson you diabolical

[@befair7474]

The comedian in the movie was a detective on law and order SVU. As well as a actual comedian in real life, he even wrote a book.

[@dansiegel995]

Richard Belzer. Famous comedian of the time.

[@louielouie22]

Yes a criminal record in Cuba was rather easy to have. Check out Carlitos Way. Pacino was awesome

[@ADR199E]

Yes! That’s one I haven’t seen them react too ✊

[@nigeltrotter2886]

Ooooh, they watching my favorite movie of all time. Scarface. So many great life lessons in this movie. Love it.