Line #8 YMMV/CarlitosWay


1	* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people don't even know that the film was based on the novel much less its sequel.
2	* CatharsisFactor:
3	** [[spoiler: After all the shit he's pulled and all his horrid behavior, seeing Kleinfeld get his head blown off by Tony T's son is enormously satisfying.]]
4	** [[spoiler: Pachanga getting shot by Benny Blanco from the Bronx seconds after betraying Carlito is quite satisfying.]]
5	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
6	** Benny Blanco (from the Bronx) tries getting it on with Carlito in the nightclub after some rassling. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWm9FvrkqNI It doesn't end well for him.]]
7	** Dave Kleinfeld completely [[https://youtu.be/YgXvxNwsyVA losing his shit]] upon seeing Louie getting a handjob in front of his villa.
8	** Also see YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness.
9	-->'''Carlito:''' Saso, man. That's Saso. Used to be Ron.
10	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
11	** Carlito taking down a group of mooks with a pool cue and managing to convince them he's reloaded after running out of ammo.
12	** The entire hospital confrontation, culminating in [[spoiler: Carlito taking the bullets out of Dave's gun and allowing him to get killed by Vinny T.]]
13	-->'''Carlito:''' Adiós, counselor.
14	** The final chase and shootout through the Grand Central station is a thrilling action climax directed, edited and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic scored]] to perfection. [[spoiler:Ending up making its HopeSpot conclusion so much more crushing. You really believe that Carlito will run away with Gail after proving himself to be so awesome, and Benny Blanco suddenly showing up to gun him down always feels like a CruelTwistEnding even though the movie's prologue established that Carlito will get shot.]]
15	* MoralEventHorizon: When Kleinfeld kills Tony T and his son.
16	-->'''Carlito:''' 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.
17	* OneSceneWonder: Creator/ViggoMortensen as the wheelchair-bound Lalin.
18	* RetroactiveRecognition: John Ortiz makes his film debut as Carlito's cousin.
19	* SpiritualLicensee: This film alongside another De Palma flick ''Film/Scarface1983'' and ''Series/MiamiVice'' was one of the main inspirations for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' with Tommy Vercetti's lawyer Ken Rosenberg basically being an {{Expy}} of Dave Kleinfeld.
20	* TearJerker: Although a ForegoneConclusion already, [[spoiler:Carlito gets shot just before he makes it with Gail on the train.]]
21	-->'''[[spoiler:Carlito]]:''' Tired, baby. Tired.
22	* 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/Scarface1983'', some even [[EvenBetterSequel preferring it]] over ''Scarface'' for having a more sympathetic main character.
23	* WheelchairWoobie: Lalín, blackly introduced as a "[[{{Irony}} stand-up guy]]".

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