Review of Scarface (1983) by Jonathan S — 25 Nov 2013

Amazing ground breaking movie that made people love gangster films agian.

This review of Scarface (1983) was written by Jonathan S on 25 Nov 2013.

Scarface has generally received very positive reviews.

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