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Production Year: 1993 - Action/Adventure - Director: Brian De Palma - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Luis Guzman, Viggo Mortensen, John Leguizamo, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller more

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Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he...
more...wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance with his old flame, played by Penelope Ann Miller. Instead he finds himself back in trouble as a result of old-world codes of honour and misguided loyalties. It all takes place in 1975 Manhattan, in and around a nightclub Carlito manages, so there's plenty of classic disco music pulsing on the soundtrack. John Leguizamo plays one of the younger generation of hoodlums out to prove something. Viggo Mortensen and Luis Guzman star as a couple of Carlito's buddies from the old days. Brian De Palma, who directed Pacino a decade earlier in SCARFACE, makes this seem almost like that film's sequel. As expected, there's plenty of elaborate tracking shots and suspenseful set pieces, most memorably a pulse-pounding chase through Grand Central Station. It's adapted from two novels by New York Supreme Court Judge Edwin Torres based on his childhood in East Harlem.





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De Palmas best
Review of Carlito's Way (Enhanced Edition) (DVD) by tilly77

Advantages: Al Pacino
Disadvantages: none

The DVD version I have of this has no extras but its one of those films that is just worth buying and watching although a special edition would be nice. The film is a gangster film but is different to the usual films of this genre - it opens with Carlito ( Al Pacino) being shot at a train station and narrating the story of how he got there as he is wheeled down the platform by the medics. Its set in 1970's New York hence Pacinos stylish leather ... Read review

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Review of Carlito's Way (Enhanced Edition) (DVD) by icarus_falls69

My favourite film of all time! this one has it all. Pacino delivers an amazing performnce in this De Palma gangster film. Pacino plays a heroine king pin in the New Your hispanic world of organised crime who is trying to get out. Sean Penn in support gives a great performance as the sheister lawer. The acting, dialogue, plot and beautiful soundtrack make this film almost perfect. I would say better than Scarface.

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exquisite film, all round
Review of Carlito's Way (Enhanced Edition) (DVD) by n4ballack

Advantages: great story, great actors, great lines
Disadvantages: none whatsoever

Pacino and DePalma reunite and the result is once again phenomenal. "Carlito's Way" is a tasteful combination of a great story told by a master filmmaker; astounding actors skillfully playing some truly fascinating characters; a wide range of flawless film techniques and some truly great one-liners. I would recommend this film to Scarface fans, Gangster movie fans and anyone with a taste for outstanding performances. This truly is a captivating and ... Read review

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