All Your Base Are Belong to Us: The film climaxes with a massive assault on the Montana compound.

It's horrifying the way Hector saws him off-screen. There's nobody left to call: Manny and Gina are dead, Frank is dead, Sosa wants him killed, his mother has disowned him, and Elvira has left him for good. Shortly before that, he picks up the phone on his office desk for a moment, then sets it back down.

Tony gets shot in the back after losing everything and descending to madness trying to stay in power.

It sort of works, as Tony decides not to kill him, but ultimately fails when Tony instead has Manny do it to make his demise ironic.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Frank Lopez desperately pleads for forgiveness from Tony after failing to assassinate him, even offering him $10 million and Elvira to spare his life.

Addiction-Powered: Tony's cocaine allowed him to take a lot of punishment before going down.

Adaptational Villainy: Mel Bernstein is an openly-corrupt cop who solicits bribes from Tony and is happily on Lopez' payroll, nothing like the incorruptible Inspector Ben Guarino of the original film.

Tony and Francesca Camonte -> Tony and Gina Montana.

Furthermore, his incestuous feelings toward his sister are far more ambiguous with Montana, while Camonte leaves little to the imagination. In the Hawks film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting the police, whereas Montana loses to a rival drug lord. It's hard to imagine Camonte having second thoughts about killing children and putting morality before self-interest the way Montana does.

Adaptational Heroism: Tony Montana has far more moral standards and likable characteristics than Tony Camonte in the Hawks film.

Adaptation Expansion: The film takes some basic plot elements and characters from the original and expands on them greatly.

Despite trying to keep her Ice Queen demeanor, the sight of him in her hat breaks her into laughter.

Actually Pretty Funny: When Tony is trying to charm Elvira after she rebuffs his advances, he asks if she'll kiss him if he wears her hat.

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