History YMMV / CarlitosWay

** Dave Kleinfeld completely [[https://youtu.be/YgXvxNwsyVA losing his shit]] upon seeing Louie making love in front of his villa.

* JustTrainWrong: More like Just Station Wrong but Amtrak and long distance lines depart from Penn Station, not Grand Central Terminal. However this can be seen as an AcceptableBreakFromReality since at the time Penn Station was basically a giant subway station and would’ve made for a fairly anti-climactic chase.

* ActorAllusion: [[Film/TheGodfatherPartIII Just three years before]] Al Pacino also played a character who wants to get out of the criminal life, but keeps getting pulled back in.

* VindicatedByHistory: As is so often the case with Creator/BrianDePalma, this films was pretty much shrugged off and dismissed when it came out. It's now widely regarded as one of his masterpieces, alongside ''Film/BlowOut'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', some even [[EvenBetterSequel preferring it]] over ''Scarface'' for having a more sympathetic main character.

* RetroactiveRecognition: John Ortiz makes his film debut as Carlito's nephew.

** Dave Kleinfeld completely [[https://youtu.be/YgXvxNwsyVA losing his shit]] upon [[RantInducingSlight seeing Louie making love in front of his villa]].

** Dave Kleinfeld completely [[https://youtu.be/YgXvxNwsyVA losing his shit]] upon [[RantInducingSight seeing Louie making love in front of his villa]].

* VindicatedByHistory: As is so often the case with Creator/BrianDePalma, this films was pretty much shrugged off and dismissed when it came out. It's now widely regarded as one of his masterpieces, alongside ''Film/BlowOut'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.

* IHatePastMe: Likely the reason why Carlito is so hostile towards Benny Blanco from the Bronx- he reminds him of who he used to be.
-->'''Saso:''' What has happened to you? What are you acting like this for? It doesn’t make sense that you should hate this guy. Because this guy is you, twenty years ago.

* TearJerker: Although a foregone conclusion already, [[spoiler:Carlito gets shot just before he makes it with Gail on the train.]]

* {{Wangst}}: Everyone. Kleinfeld in particular.

-->''Saso, man. That's Saso. Used to be Ron.''

-->''Adiós, counselor''.

->''What has happened to you? What are you acting like this for? It doesn’t make sense that you should hate this guy. Because this guy is you, twenty years ago.''

-->''There's a line you cross, you don't never come back from. Point of no return. Dave crossed it. I'm here with him. That means I'm going along for the ride, the whole ride. All the way to the end of the line, wherever that is.''

-->''Tired, baby. Tired''.

** "Saso, man. That's Saso. Used to be Ron".

** The entire hospital confrontation culminating in Carlito taking the bullets out of Dave's gun and allowing him to get killed by Vinny.
-->''Adios, councilor''.
* MoralEventHorizon: (Carlito, from narration:) There's a line you cross, you don't never come back from. Point of no return. Dave crossed it. I'm here with him. That means I'm going along for the ride, the whole ride. All the way to the end of the line, wherever that is.

** Taking down a group of mooks with a pool cue and managing to convince them he's reloaded after running out of ammo.

* VindicatedByHistory: As is so often the case with De Palma, this films was pretty much shrugged off and dismissed when it came out. It's now widely regarded as one of his masterpieces, alongside ''Film/BlowOut'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Taking down a group of mooks with a pool cue and managing to convince them he's reloaded after running out of ammo.
** The entire hospital confrontation culminating in Carlito taking the bullets out of Dave's gun and allowing him to get killed by Vinny.
-->''Adios, councilor''.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Benny Blanco from the Bronx tries getting it on with Carlito in the nightclub after some rassling. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWm9FvrkqNI It doesn't end well for him.]]

* VindicatedByHistory: As is so often the case with De Palma, this films was pretty much shrugged off and dismissed when it came out. It's now widely regarded as one of his masterpieces, alongside ''Film/BlowOut'' and ''Film/{{Scarface}}''.

* SelfishGoodSelfishEvil: Kleinfeld is revealed to have [[spoiler:become the Selfish Evil variety by the end of the movie.]]

* SelfishGoodSelfishEvil: Kleinfeld is revealed to have become the [[spoiler:Selfish Evil]] variety by the end of the movie.

** "Sasso, man. That's Sasso. Used to be Ron".
* SelfishGoodSelfishEvil: Kleinfield is revealed to have become the [[spoiler:Selfish Evil]] variety by the end of the movie.
* TearJerker: Although a foregone conclusion already, [[spoiler:Carlito getting shot just before he makes it with Gail on the train.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Taking down a group of Mooks with a pool cure and managing to convince Them He reloaded after firing a Gun empty
** The entire Hospital confrontation culminating in Carlito taking the Bullets from Dave's Gun and allowing Him to get killed by Vinny