History Film / Scarface1983

* AdaptationalHeroism: Tony Montana has far more moral standards and likable characteristics than his original counterpart Tony Camonte. For one thing, it's pretty hard to imagine Camonte [[spoiler:even having any second thoughts about something killing children and putting any sense of morality before self-interest in the same that way Montana does. Even their [[LastStand last stands]] are quite a bit different from each other. In the original film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting against the police, whereas Montana fights off but ultimately loses to a rival druglord's death squad. Furthermore, Montana's incestuous feelings toward his sister are far more ambiguous here, while Camonte leaves little to nothing the viewer's imaginations.]]

** "'Cause you've got your head up your culo, that's why."
** "Coño" is said 15 times.
** "Last chance, pendejo!"
** "You fucking maricón!"
** "Talking to me like I'm some maricón who came over on a boat."
** "I'm no fucking criminal. I'm no puta or thief."
** "¡Quieto! ¡No te muevas, cabroncito!"

* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: It's evident that most people at the refugee camp don't understand English since nobody reacts to Tony and Manny's conversation about getting green cards.

* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: After Alberto refuses to go with Tony's suggestion to wait until the journalist is alone so they can kill him without killing his wife and children, Tony tells Ernie and Chi Chi "This fucking guy" since he knows Alberto doesn't understand English.

* TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier: Zigzagged. At the climax, Tony switches between insulting the assassins (who only understand Spanish) in Spanish and English.

** Gina was fully willing to look the other way at Tony's criminal activity(and as Tony found out, she wasn't exactly an angel herself). But as time went on, she realized what a terrible person he really was at least becoming.
** Sosa to Tony. He considered Sosa as his equal partner and enjoyed their working relationship. But when Sosa offers to make Tony's legal problems go away if he carries out a hit on his cartel's behalf, Tony takes it as a personal insult and that Sosa always regarded him as a thug. Seeing no other options though(and refusing to even consider jail time), he complies under duress.

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the original 1932 version, Tony Camonte meets his end when the police gun him down. However, in the remake, Tony Montana's demise comes at the hands of Sosa's minions who shoot him to death.

** You fucking maricón!"
** Talking to me like I'm some maricón who came over on a boat."

* AdaptationalHeroism: He has far more moral standards and likable characteristics than his original counterpart Tony Camonte. For one thing, it's pretty hard to imagine Camonte [[spoiler:even having any second thoughts about something killing children and putting any sense of morality before self-interest in the same that way Montana does. Even their [[LastStand last stands]] are quite a bit different from each other. In the original film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting against the police, whereas Montana fights off but ultimately loses to a rival druglord's death squad. Furthermore, Montana's incestuous feelings toward his sister are far more ambiguous here, while Camonte leaves little to nothing the viewer's imaginations.]]

The film centers on Antonio "Tony" Montana (Pacino), a Cuban refugee deported to Miami during the Mariel Boatlift of 1980, during which UsefulNotes/FidelCastro sent off not only the relatives of Cuban-Americans abroad but also the dregs of his jails. The film covers Tony's violent rise to the top of Miami's drug trade and his eventual DescentIntoAddiction and paranoia that alienates him from his friends and family.

* CanonForeigner: Alejandro Sosa doesn't have an equivalent character in the original film, though he bears some resemblance to Inspector Guarino insofar as he becomes Tony's ultimate antagonist and the cause of death. In the original, Tony successfully killed off all potential rivals, and his death was at the hands of the police instead of other criminals.

* SpitefulSpit: Tony spits at Hector the Toad while he's captured and verbally attacked by him and his henchmen.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: People not familiar with the fact that Miami has a significant Cuban Jewish community (or that there are Cuban Jews) might miss that Frank Lopez references a Yiddish word ("chazzer") for "pig" and wears a Chai necklace.

* AddictionPowered: Just before the climactic confrontation with Sosa's goons, Tony takes a huge dose of cocaine. Combined with the adrenaline of the ensuing firefight, he's able to withstand being shot multiple times and takes out several of his attackers, even taunting them as they pepper him with bullets. It takes [[TheDragon The Skull]] shooting Tony in the back with a shotgun to finally kill him.

* KickTheDog: Sosa and the wife and children that would have been in the exploding car.

** All of Tony's victims [[spoiler:except Manny]] fall into this, especially the backstabbing snake Frank Lopez. There's ''a reason'' Tony calls him a "piece of shit" when he orders Manny to kill him. And then there's Hector, whom ''no one'' feels sorry for.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Tony Montana has far more moral standards and likable characteristics than Tony Camonte in the Hawks film. It's hard to imagine Camonte [[spoiler:having second thoughts about killing children and putting morality before self-interest the way Montana does. In the Hawks film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting the police, whereas Montana loses to a rival drug lord. Furthermore, his incestuous feelings toward his sister are far more ambiguous with Montana, while Camonte leaves little to the imagination.]]

* SevenDeadlySins: Tony is ravaged by ''all of them'', save maybe Sloth. Among these, his most fatal flaws are {{Wrath}} and {{Pride}}.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Manny's murder of Frank under Tony's orders.