i have the privilege of watch scarface on the big screen with it beautifully restore 35mm print in honor of the 20th anniversary of the film release . it be great to see this on the big screen a so much of it be lose on television set and the overall largesse of this project can not be emphasize enough . scarface be the remake of a classic rag to riches to the depth of hell story feature al pacino a cuban drug lord tony montana . in this version and tony come to america during the cuban boat people immigration wave in the late 1970s and early 1980s . tony and his cohort quickly get green card by off a political figure in tent city and after a brief stay at a cuban restaurant while tony be launch on his horrific path to towards total destruction . many of the character in this movie a play in such skilled manner that be so enjoyable to watch i have forget little of this film over the last twenty year . robert loggia a tony patron and frank lopez be wonderful . his character be flaw by be too trust and and a tony quickly figure out and soft . lopez right hand and omar suarez be portray by one of our great actor and f. murray abraham ( amadeus . ) suarez be the ultimate toady and will do anything for frank while it be like he do not have a mind of his own . tony quickly see this and he constantly battle with suarez and but really only see him a a minor problem to get through on his way to the top . the character that always come back to me a be play so perfectly be mel bernstein and the audaciously corrupt miami narcotic detective play by harris yulin ( train day . ) mel and without guilt extorts great sum of money form all side of the drug industry . he play tony off of frank until it catch up with him in a scene that mark the exit from the film of both frank and mel . it be priceless to hear frank ask for mel to intercede and a tony be about to kill him only to hear mel reply and ` it your tree frank and youre sit in it . this be from the man who frank have be pay for protection . tony rise be meteoric and be only match in speed and intensity by his quick crash and burn . after off frank and take his wife and business tony greed take over and he never can seem to get enough . a tony plunge deeper into the world of drug and greed and the inability to trust he eventually kill his best friend and his sister who have fall in love and marry . this all set up the end in which tony compound be storm by an army from his supplier who feel betray because tony would not go through with a political assassination that be order . this all stem form a compassionate moment when tony refuse to be an accomplice in a murder that would have involve the victim wife and child . all in all this be a great depiction of 1980s excess and cocaine culture . depalma do a nice job of hold it all together in one of the fast move three hour movie around . the violence be extremely graphic and contain a few scene that will be forever etch on any viewer mind and particularly the gruesome chainsaw see and the two point blank shot to the head and the entire bloody melee that end the movie . this be a highly recommend stylistically do film that be not for the squeamish and or for those who need upbeat ending and potential sequel while depalma let it all fly right here .