The plot is pretty solid. As in, you have something worth watching in between all the gunfire and cursing. Al Pacino plays Tony Fontana, a cuban refugee who gets involved in the Miami drug cartel and quickly makes his way to the top. It's very basic but it is nice to see the character evolve as he grows more powerful. Tony starts out as a relatively nice guy (sans all the killing) but keeps getting more and more cynical and violent as the movie goes on, his priorities shift from stuff like making his friends and family happy to fucking and snorting coke all day long. He isn't a relatable character by any means, but his development is nice to watch.
Unless you are Latino, since we are all into drugs and supermodels and sombreros amirite?
Other characters include Tony's friend Manny, who is loyal to him and tries to keep Tony's feet on the ground as he keeps fucking up his life. He also has a crush on his sister (which you wouldn't like to fuck around with either). You also have Michelle Pfeiffer as the girlfriend of Tony's boss, and tries to act uninterested while our main character hits on her every chance he gets. They also have plenty of development and change a lot during the course of the film.
Back to the gunfire and cursing... holy fuck, this movie doesn't dissapoint if that's a selling point for you. There probably isn't one scene in the entire movie that is apparently calm and quiet until someone goes apeshit crazy and starts yelling obscenities, or someone comes out of apparently nowhere and shoots everything in sight. It's very over the top and pointless, but it's really fun to watch with a bunch of friends (may I say... bros?) on a couch laughing your ass off at every gunshot.
"Say hello to my little friend!" Come on. How can any one not enjoy this?
On a sidenote, I am slightly offended due to the fact that almost every character in this movie is Latin American, and they are all involved in an international drug cartel. Seriously, Hollywood, why is any mention of my ethnicity in American movies a negative one? Be it drugs, perverts that slobber over white women, lazy Mexicans that scrub your floors and clean your houses...
Minor complaints aside, it is a pretty good movie. But again, for guys. The drug theme, excessive violence and profanity might turn some people off, but if you get past that you'll have a good time watching this.
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