10 Reasons Why The Scarface Remake Shouldn't Happen

7. The Violence Isn't Shocking Anymore

Both versions of Scarface had a tough time with the censors because of their violence. Hawks' version was delayed for a year as cuts were made to it, and even upon its release a dozen states refused to screen it. Likewise De Palma had to submit the film to the MPAA five times before they eventually downgraded it from a X to an R rating. The common link, however, is that these films were violent in a time where most mainstream cinema was not - and that's just not the case any more. Whether you look at comic book movies, action blockbusters, crime thrillers or horror movies, there isn't much of our mainstream cinema which doesn't have some kind of violent aspect, regardless of whether it's played straight or for laughs. Whether or not that's a bad thing in itself is a whole other discussion, but the point in this instance is that no new version of Scarface can claim to be shocking. For a generation that's grown up with 'torture porn' and Irreversible, simply gunning down hundreds of people isn't enough to horrify us - sad as that may seem.