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Originally Posted by RickFLM4
The Mariel boatlift was a pretty significant event in South Florida and, at least in my opinion, pretty integral to the storyline. Aside from that, the original did a phenomenal job portraying what was going on in a particular place at a particular time. I'm sure you can make a movie about someone coming from somewhere else to another city, but it seems like it would be a different movie, not a remake of the original. Sort of like someone remaking The Godfather with the Russian mob living in Chicago. Might be a good movie in its own right but wouldn't be a remake of The Godfather.
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Exactly. All the events in Florida were occurring and they insert fiction into fact. Even Tony's financial rise wa based on the factual cocaine boom that happened in South Florida. I really hoped his one wouldn't come out to be honest. Understandably, the Scarface concept from the original is simply that a young up and comer makes good and falls to his hubris. I worry that this one will somehow become overly political. It could simply end up as anothe Mexico Cartel movie.