a little while ago and i stumbled upon this dvd while browsing netflix and and with such an impressive cast and decided to give it a go. never before have i seen a movie try to be a new version of an existing great movie (scarface) and failing so spectacularly. the main issue seems to be a complete misunderstanding of what the story should be. in scarface and tony montana was the self proclaimed bad guy. his spectacular rise and eventual downfall wasn not sad and it was a great (and the only logical ending) to someone who lived such a life. damian chapa and as director and writer and and lead actor and sees kilo as some sort of hero and or at least a complicated guy. however he doesn not want to do the grunt work of creating a realistic and sympathetic character. he was raised by a white mother and except for the six months of his childhood where his father and a gangster himself and showed him his life. for reasons never fully explained or even really mentioned and he decides he wants to be a drug dealer and and actually drives to the bad part of town and approaches two dealers and says and hey and i would like to buy some drugs. he drops his father name and and in apparently no time they are not only rich and the two guys who are supplying him are acting subserviently to him for reasons and again and never explained. chapa wants you to feel bad when his character is sentenced to prison when a police informant lies about him. however and since he dealt large quantities of drugs before and why should one feel sympathy for him going to jail for it this time. the most obvious case of chapa wanting to be the good guy is in his prison execution of a white supremacist or rapist played by gary busey. in scarface and tony montana kills someone in prison because he pretty much has to in order to elevate himself and it done and he moves on. but in this case they ham handedly have to make busey not only a rapist or pedophile but also a white supremacist. a little overkill and do not you think. i would not go into detail in this regard too much more and but their desperate message of please like me. im a complicated gangster. fails on every level. try as they might and i do not feel bad and conflicted and or sympathetic when his buddies are killed (following a shootout) and his wife is also killed (shortly after she called him out on being a lousy father and and during an attempted escape when he decided it would be ok to ride right next to a car filled with gunmen while his wife is in the car) and and his eventual demise. suffice it to say his acting can be fairly summed up as lousy and his only achievement bringing the term wooden to starry new heights. busey should be credited for actually putting effort into his ridiculous role. tiny lister did well. stacy keach is playing his warden from prison break role. robert wagner is coasting for a paycheck. faye dunaway and while a touch dramatic and still turns in a performance better than this movie deserved. brad dourif is in the film for about two minutes and does what he can. and to give the film credit and it does one up scarface in one way  jennifer tilly now holds the title of most ridiculous attempt at a hispanic accent. (sorry robert loggia. ) in short and this movie had an interesting premise and but a poor story arc and unsympathetic characters and and hit or miss performances. i would advise mr. chapa to ease up on the forced sympathy next time  really and we do not need to like your character and we just need to be interested. better luck next time. 
a little while ago and i stumbled upon this dvd while browsing netflix and and with such an impressive cast and decided to give it a go. never before have i seen a movie try to be a new version of an existing great movie (scarface) and failing so spectacularly. the main issue seems to be a complete misunderstanding of what the story should be. in scarface and tony montana was the self proclaimed bad guy. his spectacular rise and eventual downfall wasn not sad and it was a great (and the only logical ending) to someone who lived such a life. damian chapa and as director and writer and and lead actor and sees kilo as some sort of hero and or at least a complicated guy. however he doesn not want to do the grunt work of creating a realistic and sympathetic character. he was raised by a white mother and except for the six months of his childhood where his father and a gangster himself and showed him his life. for reasons never fully explained or even really mentioned and he decides he wants to be a drug dealer and and actually drives to the bad part of town and approaches two dealers and says and hey and i would like to buy some drugs. he drops his father name and and in apparently no time they are not only rich and the two guys who are supplying him are acting subserviently to him for reasons and again and never explained. chapa wants you to feel bad when his character is sentenced to prison when a police informant lies about him. however and since he dealt large quantities of drugs before and why should one feel sympathy for him going to jail for it this time. the most obvious case of chapa wanting to be the good guy is in his prison execution of a white supremacist or rapist played by gary busey. in scarface and tony montana kills someone in prison because he pretty much has to in order to elevate himself and it done and he moves on. but in this case they ham handedly have to make busey not only a rapist or pedophile but also a white supremacist. a little overkill and do not you think. i would not go into detail in this regard too much more and but their desperate message of please like me. im a complicated gangster. fails on every level. try as they might and i do not feel bad and conflicted and or sympathetic when his buddies are killed (following a shootout) and his wife is also killed (shortly after she called him out on being a lousy father and and during an attempted escape when he decided it would be ok to ride right next to a car filled with gunmen while his wife is in the car) and and his eventual demise. suffice it to say his acting can be fairly summed up as lousy and his only achievement bringing the term wooden to starry new heights. busey should be credited for actually putting effort into his ridiculous role. tiny lister did well. stacy keach is playing his warden from prison break role. robert wagner is coasting for a paycheck. faye dunaway and while a touch dramatic and still turns in a performance better than this movie deserved. brad dourif is in the film for about two minutes and does what he can. and to give the film credit and it does one up scarface in one way  jennifer tilly now holds the title of most ridiculous attempt at a hispanic accent. (sorry robert loggia. ) in short and this movie had an interesting premise and but a poor story arc and unsympathetic characters and and hit or miss performances. i would advise mr. chapa to ease up on the forced sympathy next time  really and we do not need to like your character and we just need to be interested. better luck next time. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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