A magnificent 'tour-de-force' performance from Al Pacino is just one of the many reasons to recommend this film. The highly innovative camera angles and story-telling style of Brain De Palma is another. What at first glance seems to be a simple story, of a newly-released gangster wanting to lead a crime-free life, soon turns out to be anything but.
Carlito Brigante wants to just move out of the hood with his true love, but his lawyer (played with weasely perfection by Sean Penn) unwittingly makes things hard for him. And with others still out to get him for his past murderous indiscretions, it soons becomes a race against time to break free of the life of crime. His loyalty to friends soon becomes a burden as he realises how hard it is to go straight, and Al Pacino (who's played many a mobster before) knows just how to reach inside his character and make him sympathetic to us.
A truly brilliant film, with an edge-of-your-seat climactic half hour that won't soon be forgotten. (5 out of 5, by Carlisle Johnson)
Sprung from prison on a legal technicality by his cocaine-addled attorney (Sean Penn), former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante (Pacino) stuns the local underworld when he vows to go straight. Taking a job managing a glitzy, low-life nightclub, he tracks down his onetime girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller) and rekindles their romance, promising he's changed for good.
But Carlito's dream of going legitimate is undermined at every turn by murderous former cronies and even deadlier young thugs out to make a name for themselves. Ultimately, however, his most dangerous enemy is himself. Despite good intentions, Carlito's misguided loyalties and an outmoded code of 'honour' will plunge him into a savage life-or-death battle against the relentless forces that refuse to let him go.
General
| Studio: |
Universal Home Entertainment
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2004 |
| Movie released: |
1993 |
| Actors: |
Al Pacino
• Sean Penn
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| Directors: |
Brian De Palma
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| Dimensions: |
192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
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| Running time: |
2 hours, 25 minutes |
| Region encoding: |
Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
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| Languages: |
English
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| Age restriction: |
18 NLV |
| Categories: |
DVD >
Action
DVD >
Crime
DVD >
Thriller
DVD >
Feature Film
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| LSN: |
XQD-91V-BNE-1 |
| Barcode: |
5050582071603 |
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Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
