Frank hires and befriends Tony and Manny. During their meeting, Tony is attracted to Frank’s trophy wife, Elvira Hancock. Suspecting that Omar set them up, Tony and Manny insist on personally delivering the recovered drugs and money to Frank. Angel is dismembered with a chainsaw, while Manny and Chi-Chi rescue Tony and kill the Colombians. They become dishwashers in a diner, to Tony’s disgust, proclaiming he is meant for bigger things.įrank’s right-hand man, Omar Suarez, gives them a job: purchase cocaine from Colombian dealers, but the deal goes bad. The four are released and given green cards in exchange for murdering a former Cuban general at the request of Miami drug dealer Frank Lopez. In 1980, Cuban refugee and ex-convict Antonio “Tony” Montana arrives in Miami, Florida as part of the Mariel boatlift, where he is sent to a refugee camp with his best friends, Manny Ribera, Angel and Chi-Chi. The film has long since become a cult classic.
Screenwriters and directors such as Martin Scorsese have praised the film, which has been referenced extensively in pop culture, especially in rap and hip hop music as well as comic books, TV and video games. In the years that followed, the film has received reappraisal from critics, considered by some to be one of the best films in the crime genre. Some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film’s portrayal of Cubans as criminals and drug traffickers. Initial critical reception was negative, with criticism over excessive violence and profanity and graphic drug usage.
Scarface was released on Decemand was a box office success, grossing $44 million. Murray Abraham and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The cast also features Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. The film tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana ( Al Pacino) who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises to become a powerful drug kingpin.
Scarface: The World Is Yours is scheduled to be released on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC in the autumn.Scarface is a 1983 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, a remake of the 1932 film of the same name.
Some lines delivered by Pacino in the original film will also appear in the video game. Cast members include Robert Loggia, who played Frank Lopez, Steven Bauer, who starred as Manny Ribera, and Al Israel, who appeared as Hector the Toad.Īl Pacino will not be voicing the role of Tony Montana, but he does lend his likeness, and has hand-picked the actor to voice Tony. The game will star a number of film and television stars, including cast members from the 1983 film. Vivendi Games’ ‘Scarface: The World Is Yours’ looks set to feature one of the most impressive line-ups of voice talent to grace a video game.