a little while ago and i stumble upon this dvd while browse netflix and and with such an impressive cast and decide to give it a go . never before have i see a movie try to be a new version of an exist great movie ( scarface ) and fail so spectacularly . the main issue seem to be a complete misunderstanding of what the story should be . in scarface and tony montana be the self proclaim bad guy . his spectacular rise and eventual downfall wasn not sad and it be a great ( and the only logical end ) to someone who live such a life . damian chapa and a director and writer and and lead actor and see kilo a some sort of hero and or at least a complicated guy . however he doesn not want to do the grunt work of create a realistic and sympathetic character . he be raise by a white mother and except for the six month of his childhood where his father and a gangster himself and show him his life . for reason never fully explain or even really mention and he decide he want to be a drug dealer and and actually drive to the bad part of town and approach two dealer and say and hey and i would like to buy some drug . he drop his father name and and in apparently no time they be not only rich and the two guy who be supply him be act subserviently to him for reason and again and never explain . chapa want you to feel bad when his character be sentence to prison when a police informant lie about him . however and since he deal large quantity of drug before and why should one feel sympathy for him go to jail for it this time . the most obvious case of chapa want to be the good guy be in his prison execution of a white supremacist or rapist play by gary busey . in scarface and tony montana kill someone in prison because he pretty much have to in order to elevate himself and it do and he move on . but in this case they ham handedly have to make busey not only a rapist or pedophile but also a white supremacist . a little overkill and do not you think . i would not go into detail in this regard too much more and but their desperate message of please like me . im a complicated gangster . fails on every level . try a they might and i do not feel bad and conflicted and or sympathetic when his buddy be kill ( follow a shootout ) and his wife be also kill ( shortly after she call him out on be a lousy father and and during an attempted escape when he decide it would be ok to ride right next to a car fill with gunman while his wife be in the car ) and and his eventual demise . suffice it to say his acting can be fairly sum up a lousy and his only achievement bring the term wooden to starry new height . busey should be credit for actually put effort into his ridiculous role . tiny lister do well . stacy keach be play his warden from prison break role . robert wagner be coast for a paycheck . faye dunaway and while a touch dramatic and still turn in a performance good than this movie deserve . brad dourif be in the film for about two minute and do what he can . and to give the film credit and it do one up scarface in one way jennifer tilly now hold the title of most ridiculous attempt at a hispanic accent . ( sorry robert loggia . ) in short and this movie have an interesting premise and but a poor story arc and unsympathetic character and and hit or miss performance . i would advise mr. chapa to ease up on the force sympathy next time really and we do not need to like your character and we just need to be interested . well luck next time .