Critical Analysis of the films: Coming to America, Borat, and Scarface

Scarface

On the movie Scarface , Al Pacino plays the role of a Cuban refugee named Tony Montana . As an immigrant Tony was depicted as a very strong character incapable of fear especially driven by his goal of making it big on a different country like America . This characterization of Al Pacino explains the American immigrant experience suggesting that crime which is the centerpiece of which is drugs cannot be disconnected from the American Dream (Sharret , 2001 . After him and his best friend Manolo (played by Steven Bauer ) went out the refugee camp after

a tumultuous rebellion , they found themselves on having a job as dishwashers . This shows that in America most of the jobs for immigrants with little education end up as blue collared workers doing hard work and long hours . This kind of work only made Tony feels that it was nothing different from back home in which he tried anything possible to get away of the communism grip . He decided to results into what he feels he can do best . Violence and drug dealing , this has made the movie somehow more dangerous in respect to all immigrants trying to live an honest hardworking life in America , as viewers may perceive that this is the way immigrants are , due to their background on either poverty or a tough government from their own countries . Thus stereotyping again may exists however this film offered much more than just the immigrant experience from that foundation it went to describe the both the horrific image of drugs in the contemporary world and the violence and corruption to it (same as Sharret , 2001

It was not long when Tony Montana thought he had achieved the American Dream , he killed his former boss , took away his business and his wife and even his own bodyguard...