Guest Blogger: Tyree 1

Scarface is about a Cuban man named Tony Montana played by Al Pacino. Most of the movie is about Tony chasing the “American Dream”. This takes place in the 1980’s so America and Cuba are having diplomatic problems. The movie starts with Tony leaving a prison in Cuba and travels to Florida hoping to get a green card. While in Florida, Tony starts to hang out with a gangster by the name Frank Lopez, who is played by Robert Loggia. With the help of Frank, you runs the streets of Miami, killing anyone in his way. After letting the power and wealth go to his head, he kills Frank and then later on marries his wife, Elvira. Elvira is played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Tony “Scarface: Montana rises to the top of Miami as the leader of a cocaine empire. Along the way Tony made several enemies. Every great thing comes to an end. At the end Scarface’s empire is attacked by rival gangs, who want to take of the huge wealthy cocaine empire. Tony is the bad guy in the movie. He will do whatever it takes to get his “American Dream”. The only things he cares about is his family and money. He even kills his best friend, Manny who came with him from Cuba, because he was sleeping with his sister. With each dollar he made he became more ignorant and blind. He let the power go to his head and he made too much money to control, which ultimately is the cause of his empire to fall. A easy theme from the movie would be that it doesn’t matter where you come from, you can be successful. Even though Tony didn’t do it the right way, he came from Cuba. Once he made it to America he became one the richest people in MIami and the biggest cocaine dealer.