10 Reasons Why The Scarface Remake Shouldn't Happen

9. The Politics Could Be Handled Clumsily

When De Palma's version was released, it drew criticism from the Cuban-American community about the way in which it depicted Cuban immigrants. Tony Montana and his associated are all portrayed as impulsive, chauvinistic, materialistic criminals who love getting their guns off and threatening people. The outcry was such that De Palma and his producer Martin Bregman were forced to insert a disclaimer at the start of the film, stating that it was not meant to be representative of any particular race or community. Any new adaptation of Scarface would run into similar problems. It's all very well Hollywood trying to woo the Hispanic community by making the protagonist a bilingual immigrant, but if all the Mexican characters are portrayed as gangsters, it won't take long for the word 'racism' to hit the headlines and the film could die before it reaches cinemas. And that's not to mention the complex politics of immigration and the war on drugs; if De Palma struggled with it, it's fair to assume that a new version will too.