Now if there is one thing I learned from this movie (seeing it as an 8-year-old kid for the first time) is that chainsaws are not only used for cutting tree logs and that enormous amounts of powdered sugar make you do crazy things like refer to assault rifles as 'little friends.' (From that point on, I'd always blow the powdered sugar off my cakes.)Īs I grew older (and not much wiser), I sort of understood the real message of the movie: 'You live by the sword, you die by the sword,' the saying goes. The movie tells a tale of a Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana, in his struggle to become the drug baron of Miami. With guys like Brian DePalma (director), Oliver Stone (screen writer) and Al Pacino (lead role) getting together to make a movie, it was not only a box office hit, it inspired people from all walks of life - aspiring movie directors and wannabe gangsters alike. The 1983 cult movie 'Scarface' essentially served as a hub for enormous film talent. Screenwriter David McKenna, whose film credits include American History X and Blow, penned the game's original storyline. The game also features Al Pacino's likeness as Tony Montana, and several film actors have lent their voices to the project, including original cast members Robert Loggia and Steven Bauer. As he earns respect and power, Montana can use a satellite phone to hire henchmen, request vehicles, weapons, and other tools of the drug trade. One notable feature is the ability to target individual body parts, with stylish moves rewarded in "balls points." As Montana flexes his machismo, he will gradually build to a blind rage, a temporary state that switches the default third-person view to a first-person perspective with time-slowing effects, allowing players to inflict heavy damage.Īnother key element is the lack of loading screens while visiting different areas of Miami, including such familiar haunts as Freedom Town, the Babylon Club, and Lopez Motors. Along the way, players must purchase fronts for laundering money, defeat rival gangs, elude capture from the DEA, and discover creative uses for a chainsaw. Montana can freely explore 1980s Miami and its surrounding islands as he tries to amass a fortune by smuggling drugs. This, of course, means resorting to graphic violence and colorful profanity as a means of "persuasion." Players assume the role of power-hungry Montana in his bid to reclaim his cocaine empire and extravagant lifestyle. Montana survives the assassination attempt and vows revenge on the kingpin who nearly put him out of commission: Alejandro Sosa. The game picks up where the movie left off, albeit with the stunning revelation that Montana isn't dead. It's time to "make way for the bad guy" in this adaptation of Brian De Palma's 1983 film starring Al Pacino as Cuban drug dealer Tony Montana.
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