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Carlito's Way | 1993 | R | - 4.7.7
Al Pacino and Sean Penn star in this familiar gangster tale about a bad guy who tries to make good but whose past keeps catching up to him. Also with Penelope Ann Miller.
SEX/NUDITY 4 - More nudity than sex, thanks to a scene in a strip-bar, with bare breasts and female derrieres shown several times. One implied sex scene in which we see the woman nude, but we do not see the actual act.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - Countless numbers of dead bodies, primarily from gun shots. In one scene, a young man has his throat slit and in another, particularly chilling scene, a man is beaten to death with a boat oar while he screams for mercy. There are two major shoot outs, the last one includes graphic blood and gore.
LANGUAGE 7 - The F-word is used numerous times as well as an abundance of scatological and anatomical references.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Drug abuse, gangster mentality, betrayal, theft, murder.
MESSAGE - You must make a clean break in order to start over. You cannot put honor above reason. Your past always catches up to you.
CAVEATS
Be aware that while we do our best to avoid spoilers it is impossible to disguise all details and some may reveal crucial plot elements.
We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits.
Our ratings and reviews are based on the theatrically-released versions of films; on video there are often Unrated, Special, Director's Cut or Extended versions, (usually accurately labelled but sometimes mislabeled) released that contain additional content, which we did not review.
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