#24. SCARFACE (1983) People forget this is a well-crafted film, with a motherload of build-up and tension. After crossing north from Cuba to Miami, Tony works at a burger stand with his buddy Manny. One big trip to the Miami strip while the whole movie works like a nice quality cigar. This actually feels like a movie for goofy naive douchebag college movie dudes who put the Scarface poster on their wall, but I think people forget, control doesn't pass along to Tony until 2+ hours in, they write it off, they leave it. Hey, it's a big trip movie. A Miami coacaine hallucination. Tony does his work for the flash, style, and pizazz. Outworking that bum Frankie, and chasing his girl Michelle Pfeiffer, the tiger queen. Plus, it's where GTA Vice City started, basically, defnintely. One fun showtime playtime film, as much or I'd say more fun than
GoodFellas with a not so dissimilar structure yet released eight years earlier. Break it down, how different is it?
Most importantly, it's fun. A vacation to South Beach with Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gina- Tony's sister with her super-80s fabulous brunette hairstyle, Walk along the razor's edge, But don't look down, just keep your head, Or you'll be finished, Open up the limit, Past the point of no return, You've reached the top but still you gotta learn How to keep it, Hit the wheel and double the stakes, Throttle wide open like a bat out of hell, Crash the gates!