Great Scene: “Scarface”

The violent ending of the 1983 movie.

Plot summary: In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel while succumbing to greed.

Screenplay by Oliver Stone.

Scene Set-up” After a face-plant into a mountain of cocaine, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) sees an army of his rival gang assaulting his compound.

The movie version of the scene:

Grenade launcher. ‘Nuff said.

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