Carlito's Way [Blu-ray]

Al P. plays a hispanic drug dealer who is released from prison on a technicality. He is determined to go straight. He wants as normal a life as possible. However, he can't escape the street. He is unwillingly pulled back into the world that has caused so much heartache. At every turn either a cousin, lawyer friend, or past associates just won't let him go. But no matter what is happening around him or to him he fights for this separation from the street. He finds the love of his life is still available to him if he can finally go straight. Even more incentive for him but he is in quick sand constantly pulling him down and back in. Every actor is superb. Al Pacino leads the way with a truly convincing performance as a man doomed to repeat a life of violence amongst the people he expects to be most understanding of his desire to go straight. Because he stills lives by a code of the street which is to help your friends he is drawn deeper and deeper back in. You can feel his pain . You are rooting for him to succeed .But that stupid code of his just wont let him detach himself from repeating the same life. He feels trapped but he finally has a plan that will finally set him free and allow him to start over again. Of course he is betrayed and ...... (no spoilers here). The film SCARFACE maybe more violent but it is less cerebral. This is a very intelligently put together screenplay of a man doomed to repeat the same errors no matter how motivated he is to move on. In DOG DAY AFTERNOON he was a good man (confused) forced to do bad. In Carlitos way he is a bad man trying to do good or at least stop being bad. In each case he just can't dig out. His performance is less frenetic here but not less hopeless.HEis doomed by his own values. AL P.screen presence is commanding as he has been in almost all of his career roles. I believe , arguably, this is his most conviencing role. Here is is a murderer and drug dealer and yet he makes you feel and root for him. That is an amazing talent for you to sympathize with a loser. An evil person. He is not asking for forgiveness but just to be left alone. And you hope he pulls it off. In addition Sean Penns performance is outstanding as a criminal attorney doing what he is hired to do. Get his client off. Except he is a creep. He is not to be trusted. You hate him for what he is doing to his friends. But Carlito feels a strong obligation to the man who found a way to get him out of prison. Theres that code of the street again .He once again crosses over the line of doom And finally his old girlfriend who he never stopped loving and wanting. Does she offer redemption or is she part of the quick sand. The two of them have an amazing attraction that seems to go beyond what you see on the screen. Great chemistry .Great acting ?Just a hunch. ... This is a tremdous film to watch. I come back to a viewing a couple of times a year when I want to remind myself of great performances. Whether you are a fan of Al P. or you just like great performances this is a film not to be missed.

As always, another great classic movie. (Tiny crack on case)

Tremendo clasico de la decada de los 90's , tiene una excelente imagen HDR 10 + , los niveles de contraste , brillo y la remezcla de audio en DTS : X hace que valga la pena pasar nuevamente por caja ya que este pelicula la tengo en formatos VHS , 2 ediciones en DVD y blu tay , ademas trae documentales , escenas eliminadas , etc.

What a fantastic film and played great

Here's another great example of Pacino and DePalma working together after the infamous "Scarface". It took me a few viewings (as it does with any movie)to grab a hold of the guts of this film and the great directing work and the great acting as well. The film starts out with a bang and really grabs your interest, but it slacks off after that for a while until the first plot point which is about 35 minutes in. Then it grabs hold of you and sucks you in. Leading to a great climax and resolution. The climax is one of the best chase scenes ever done. The choreography of the action, unique and witty uses of the steadicam, and the awesome camera angles with clean, quick, editing, entice me to make a statement like that. You think you know the ending when the film starts but a clever twist leaves you thinking. As with all of my reviews, I am a movie maker, not a movie goer. An average individual watching this for the first time might turn it off halfway through. Bad decision. The preformance by Pacino may seem sub-par by most people, but it's my belief, he plays the role well and has a great vision of Carlito's lifetime after prison and how easily one can get caught right back up in things. He progressesw through it well. This is Brian DePalma, Martin Bregman, and Al Pacino together again, for what would be, one of the last films they would all take part of. Not as intense as Scarface, but if you liked that film this one might prove interesting. The screenplay was adapted from a couple of novels, (which I never like) so at times it's trying to cover to much in a small space of time. It's a rather lengthy film and definitely has it's slow moments. If you've read the books, "Carlito's Way" and "After Hours"" written by Edwin Torres you probably might not care much for this film. But if you're a fan of Al Pacino, and watch it through a few times, I guarentee you'll love it.

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I like the strong movie character Carlitos bregante who tried to change his past by being a better actor , ironically he accidentally fell back into being a 1980's gangster from the Bronx , helping his friends in the night club instead. Very good acting role : Al Pacino : calito and penlope Anne miller : Gale.

One of DePalma's three best films, right up there with CARRIE and BLOW OUT. A crime epic on a big scale. The critic Armond White once said (this is a paraphrase) that if you don't like DePalma's THE FURY, you don't like movies. I think you can find a few faults in THE FURY (though it is great), but THIS is the film where, "if you don't like it, you just don't like movies." It's DePalma's popcorn film masterpiece, and should have won him an Oscar.

Llegó con un bonito slipcover de buena calidad y me sorprendió eso ya que la película tiene años que se editó. Viene con audio en inglés DTS:X y español latino clásico Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono y subtítulos en ambos idiomas. El código digital es válido para Movies Anywhere exclusivo de USA.

Al Pacino In einer seiner besten Rollen! Hammerfilm! Normalerweise 5 Sterne, aber da leider nicht deutlich darauf hin gewiesen wird, dass der Film nur in englisch ist, nur 3 sterne!

Quite the story. A good acting job.

Excelente película. Muy buenos actores. Del tipo acción, violencia y drama ochentero. La recomiendo. Saludos

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