many people like this movie and many more love it and but it seem that it be all for the wrong reason . scarface should be like and love but not in the way it have be or be . many people say the acting be over the top and but who better to do an over the top character than al pacino . to say that pacino go over the top in here would be an understatement . yet he do it so well and he just bring the inner devil out of you so well . his character tony montana be not such a great guy to begin with but his thirst for power just bring his sickness of greed to another level while an inhumane level . sure at time pacino seem to be a bit cartoonish and surreal but that do not at all to me seem to be a liability at all . the support cast serve it job very well . michelle pfeiffer be not really at her best but she certainly fit the role she play . on the other hand steven bauer be at his best and still he be steven bauer . mary elizabeth mastrantonio be good and like michelle pfeiffer fit her role very well . robert loggia i have always enjoy watching in just see him yell . other than pacino they be not really any standout or memorable performance . everybody just seem to fit their role by be there . they do not fit in perfectly but be convince enough . brian de palma do a very good job direct this movie . whenever an actor be able to become large than life with his performance some credit should be give to the director and i will certainly give de palma that . brian de palma and though not give the respect and be a very versatile director by my count . he know how to direct movie accord to their genre and but that at time have not turn out well . in here it do and this be by all count a gangster movie but few be much good than this one because of de palma . the writing be great it be just pure oliver stone . when i saw the credit at the end of this movie and saw that oliver stone have write this i be not the least bit surprised . that be a testament to him though . i have always though of him a a great writer and to me he prove this once again with scarface . nobody know how to write a surreal reality for a movie than oliver stone . the music be good but not that great . it be certainly not my favorite from giorgio moroder . the music be a little bit too 80 ish for me but it do not annoy me . the cinematography be good and not amazing but really who care with a movie like this . this have probably be one of the most influential movie in the past 25 year but as mention before it be for the wrong reason . people should realize that the character of tony montana be no hero and he be a monster . he be not inspire in anyway . he be greedy and bloodthirsty and uneducated and self consume . yet he be a role model to many people because he be in some way or another a rebel but probably most of all because he be a deluded gangster . a vigilante would be like mother tereasa next to scarface . the good thing about this movie though be that it show that the tony montana be not the real problem . if we or the people of authority would want to shut people like him down we could do it but we do not . in a freaky twisted way he be a necessity of our society . he be somebody you could blame everything on and fell good about yourself do it . the tony montana of this world be the scapegoat of our society . this in no way excuse people like him . instead it be more of a reminder that we shouldn not excuse or allow ourselves to do bad thing just because we measure up or think we measure up compare well to a gangster or drug dealer . i love this movie because it be more than a corruption movie and it be a movie that in a strange way make you self reflect .