Carlito's Way
Brian De Palma enjoyed critical acclaim and box-office success with the Prohibition drama The Untouchables, and he returned to the gangster theme with Carlito's Way, a thriller set in the Seventies.
Al Pacino (pictured) plays a Puerto Rican criminal who decides to forsake a life of racketeering after serving five years in prison, but is drawn back to his old life by friends and obligations.
Sean Penn plays Pacino's amoral lawyer, while Penelope Ann Miller appears as his loyal girlfriend.
It is entertaining and fast-paced, thanks in part to a coherent adaptation by David Koepp of Edwin Torres books, Carlito's Way and After Hours.
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