![]() ![]() 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.
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