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Carlito's Way
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Carlito's Way is a 1993 Brian De Palma film in which Al Pacino plays a Puerto Rican gangster hoping to reconcile and start a new life after his five-year stint in jail. It's a far cry from being another Scarface, though Carlito's Way may be seen as its spiritual successor. Indeed, the two films are nearly inversions of each other; whereas Tony Montana rises from a nobody to a prominent drug lord, Carlito Brigante attempts to reform after a life of notoriety. Both films however, go their way to show that gangster life is not all it's cracked up to be.In 1975, Carlito Brigante is released from prison with help from his lawyer and friend David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), after discovering that the prosecutor's evidence has been gathered through questionable means. From this second chance at life, Carlito decides to reform himself for good, vowing to stay legitimate and out of crime's way. He manages to buy a stake in a successful nightclub and rekindle his relationship with Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), a beautiful dancer.Unfortunately, Carlito's criminal past catches up with him - his former associates, along with an up and coming gangster Benny Blanco from the Bronx, attempt to cajole him back into the gangster life. Further complicating things, the FBI wishes to see Carlito put back in jail. But the biggest obstacle is Kleinfeld's dilemma with a mafioso boss Anthony 'Tony' Taglialucci, who is locked up inside Rikers Island; Tony T. wants Kleinfeld to spring him out, and Kleinfeld isn't sure of what other plans Tony T. has in mind for him afterwards..The film was an adaptation of two novels by Edwin Torres: Carlito's Way (1975) and its sequel After Hours (1979). It left out several events of the first novel. Said events were eventually filmed for a prequel. Carlito's Way: Rise To Power was released straight to video in 2005. It covers the criminal activities of Carlito in the 1960s. The prequel was directed by Michael Bregman. The titular character was played by Jay Hernandez. The film remains relatively obscure, failing to gain much attention. | |
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Tragedy | |
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Tragedy: Carlito's Way is a tragedy of character in the backdrop of high-risk, stark gangster life. | |
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The Millstone | |
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The Millstone: Kleinfeld gets Carlito out of jail. After that, he only gets in the way of Carlito's goal to clean up his act. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Kleinfeld is an untrustworthy, treacherous weasel who will use or sell out anyone he has to save his own skin. | |
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Fat Idiot | |
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Fat Idiot: Saso (now Ron) who's vain, naïve and easily pushed around by tougher gangsters such as Carlito or Benny Blanco. | |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain | |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain: Benny Blanco at the end. | |
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Genre Savvy | |
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Genre Savvy: Carlito is experienced and perceptive enough to see when a situation is pointing south and survives many plots that would have put anyone else out of business. At the end, when betrayals pile up, it gets too much and even then he acknowledges he should have trusted his gut about a few things. | |
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And This Is for... | |
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And This Is for...: Vinnie when he enters Kleinfeld's hospital room to assassinate him. | |
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Shouting Shooter | |
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Shouting Shooter: One of Vinnie T.' s hitmen yells his lungs out while chasing Carlito in the final scene. | |
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Pay Evil unto Evil | |
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Pay Evil unto Evil: Kleinfeld uses Carlito to murder a prominent criminal because of his own egotism and gets Carlito a mark on his back from the Mafia. Carlito lets him have what is coming to him by arranging his death. | |
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Diabolus ex Machina | |
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Diabolus ex Machina: See Hope Spot and Face–Heel Turn. | |
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Trapped in Villainy | |
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Trapped in Villainy: Kleinfeld. Ripping one million dollars from Tony T makes him fear for his life since he knows the guy would figure it out and have him killed the moment he's free. Thus he needs to kill Tony first and requires Carlito's help. To gain immunity for the theft, he sells Carlito out to Norwalk, while taking care that Carlito doesn't learn about that when Norwalk sends another snitch to listen in on him. In the end the stress, the drugs and his insecurities make Kleinfeld a mess who can't keep track of his own villainy and he gets killed for it, dragging everyone else down with him. | |
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Just Train Wrong | |
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Just Train Wrong: Amtrak trains to Miami, Philadelphia, and other points south from New York City leave from Penn Station, not Grand Central Terminal. Likely intentional, as Grand Central is more photogenic than Penn Station since the latter's demolition in the early 1960s. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Kleinfeld's .38 snub-nose | |
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May–December Romance | |
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May–December Romance: It's never really commented upon but Carlito is considerably older than Gail (Al Pacino is twenty-four years older than Penelope-Ann Miller.) | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: The movie is set in 1975, but... Riker Island's prison barge, where Kleinfeld visits Tony, didn't exist back then because the New York City Department of Corrections did not start using prison barges until 1988, and the Bain Correctional Center (which was used as the filming location of that scene) became operative in 1992. Songs that didn't exist yet such as "Disco Inferno", "I'm Your Boogie Man" (both from 1976) and "Got To Be Real" (1978) are used. The scenes at Grand Central Terminal show it in its 1993 state when it had just recently been renovated and cleaned up. At the time the movie takes place it was in horrible disrepair and absolutely filthy. | |
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I Know You Know I Know | |
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I Know You Know I Know: Kleinfeld and Tony T. who's pretty sure he ripped him off for 1 million dollars. He was right. Norwalk and Carlito about Carlito being with Kleinfeld on the boat when he murdered Tony and Frankie T. | |
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It Works Better with Bullets | |
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It Works Better with Bullets: Carlito secretly unloads Kleinfeld's revolver so he's unable to defend himself against the mafia hitman waiting outside. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Tony T makes clear that his dislike of Kleinfeld has nothing to do with the latter being Jewish, even noting that he knows and gets along just fine with plenty of Jewish people. | |
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I Just Want to Be Badass | |
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I Just Want to Be Badass: Gaujiro, Carlito's wannabe Gang Banger cousin, looks up to him but gets killed for his efforts during a drug deal. Kleinfeld when he pulls a gun on Benny Blanco. Carlito just tells him it's going to get him killed. Ironically, it might have saved him when Vinnie came to the hospital, but by then Carlito had caught wind of Kleinfeld's betrayal and secretly unloaded his revolver. | |
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Discriminate and Switch | |
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Discriminate and Switch: Tony T. to Kleinfeld. | |
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Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work | |
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Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: And that's "bad" by the standards of a hardcore gangster, because they're The Mafia. Carlito doesn't bother trying to get any revenge on Kleinfeld for betraying him, he just unloads his gun and leaves, knowing that the Italians are coming to take care of Kleinfeld. | |
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Kick the Dog | |
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Kick the Dog: After all the trouble Carlito went through to help him, Kleinfeld has already betrayed him to the FBI anyway. | |
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Off on a Technicality | |
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Off on a Technicality: Carlito got out of jail because of a prosecutor's mistake. | |
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Cluster F-Bomb | |
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Cluster F-Bomb: Kleinfeld when he's high on cocaine, contrasting his nerdy outlook. Also Benny. | |
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The Hero Dies | |
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The Hero Dies: Carlito was killed before he could escape on the train with Gail. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
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Face Death with Dignity: Carlito's final voiceover has him calmly accept his death. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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Properly Paranoid: Tony T is absolutely right to suspect Kleinfeld of stealing from him. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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Foregone Conclusion: See How We Got Here. | |
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Noodle Incident | |
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Noodle Incident: Characters would often talk about incidents and people from the past that aren't in the movie. Example: | |
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Ungrateful Bastard | |
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Ungrateful Bastard:Even after Carlito goes out of his way to help him get out of the mess he's created for himself with Tony T, Kleinfeld still tries to sell him out to save his own skin. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Though Carlito dies in the end, Gail makes it out to the Bahamas with their unborn child. | |
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Shut Up, Hannibal! | |
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Shut Up, Hannibal!: Carlito just brushes it all off. | |
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A Tragedy of Impulsiveness | |
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A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: Carlito Brigate himself is pretty level-headed, but his lawyer friend David Kleinfeld dooms the entire cast by impulsively killing his mob boss client during a jailbreak. This might be a subversion, though, as Carlito suspects that Kleinfeld planned to kill the mob boss all along and played Carlito himself for a fool. | |
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Sensitive Guy and Manly Man | |
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Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Neurotic, insecure Kleinfeld who gets pushed around by criminals (and is sick of it) and confident, calm Carlito who's a Living Legend in the underworld. | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: Carlito in several instances, but it leads him into trouble. See Tragic Mistake. | |
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Someone to Remember Him By | |
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Someone to Remember Him By: Carlito himself finds out that Gail had an unborn child before dying. | |
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Kosher Nostra | |
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Kosher Nostra: Kleinfeld, who's already an Amoral Attorney working for the mob, goes down a path to become a gangster himself, and he's Jewish, making him this by default. | |
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Narrator | |
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Narrator: Carlito narrates throughout the movie, stream-of-consciousness. | |
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Staircase Tumble | |
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Staircase Tumble: Carlito subjects Benny Blanco to this while kicking him out of his club. | |
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Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole | |
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Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole: Carlito gets angry when anyone compares Benny Blanco to him in his younger years, which is implied to be Suspiciously Specific Denial. The 2005 prequel establishes young Carlito as just as ruthless, but a much better man than the cocky, sycophantic and misogynistic jerk Benny is. | |
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Beauty Inversion | |
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Beauty Inversion: The ruggedly handsome Sean Penn is nearly unrecognizable as the balding, bespectacled and generally sleazy David Kleinfeld. | |
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No Honor Among Thieves | |
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No Honor Among Thieves: Carlito discovers this the hard way, getting betrayed three times by Lalìn, Kleinfeld and Pachanga. | |
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Enemy Mine | |
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Enemy Mine: Defied by Carlito. Norwalk offers Carlito complete immunity and asylum on the Bahamas with Gail if he testifies against Kleinfeld once he reveals the latter's betrayal. Carlito refuses because he places Honor Before Reason and gets his revenge on Kleinfeld by emptying his pistol, not cooperating with the police. | |
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In Harm's Way | |
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Either Carlito's past, his code of loyalty even to those who put him back In Harm's Way, or his determination to stay straight. | |
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Time Skip | |
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Time Skip: Lampshaded. After the murder of Carlito's cousin, Pachanga offers his condolences. Carlito is annoyed that he's only saying this now, when a month has passed. Other than Carlito having made a bit of money in the club, there are no obvious signs that any real time has passed besides this line. | |
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Reformed Criminal | |
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Reformed Criminal: Carlito Brigante, or so it seems. | |
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Brandishment Bluff | |
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Brandishment Bluff: During the first shootout, Carlito steals a gun from the Dominicans and goes through the entire magazine before taking cover. Realizing he's out of ammo, he still pantomimes and boasts that he's reloaded. Even though the Dominicans should know better, they're still terrified of a vengeful Carlito Brigante and run out. | |
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Too Kinky to Torture | |
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Too Kinky to Torture: Gail teases Carlito that if he doesn't break down her door, chase her around, get her naked and force herself upon her she won't succumb to his charms. He promptly fulfils her fantasy. | |
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Signature Move | |
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Signature Move: Norwalk and his Hidden Wire. He pulls it on Lalin and Kleinfeld. Possibly something to do with how his illegal use of it got Carlito out of jail, so he's trying to prove himself again. | |
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Hidden Wire | |
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Hidden Wire: Norwalk's M. O. Carlito gets out of jail because Norwalk bungled one of these and taped him in an illegal fashion. He then sent LalÃn, one of Carlito's past friends comes by for a visit, to have Carlito find LalÃn, to get intel on who Carlito's selling drugs to (no one). LalÃn claims he turned it off beforehand. Since later Norwalk only cites "word on the street" on the fact Carlito is clean and he has no reason to hide the fact he sent LalÃn, he may have really turned it off. Later Norwalk reveals he used it again to tape Kleinfeld framing Carlito. | |
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My Girl Is a Slut | |
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My Girl Is a Slut: Carlito isn't incensed at all when he sees Gail dance at a strip club. On the contrary, he's captivated. Later he enjoys watching her moves when she dances with some Italian guy at a bar, not jealous in the slightest. The one who acts possessive then is Kleinfeld. | |
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Jerkass Has a Point | |
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Jerkass Has a Point: Tony Taglialucci is quite rude and aggressive towards Dave Kleinfeld because he (correctly) suspects that Kleinfeld skimmed $1 million in bribery money. | |
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Gangbangers | |
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Gaujiro, Carlito's wannabe Gang Banger cousin, looks up to him but gets killed for his efforts during a drug deal. | |
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Shut Up, Kirk! | |
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Shut Up, Kirk!: Kleinfeld at the end when he gets sick of Carlito berating him on his morals: Shut Up, Hannibal!: Carlito just brushes it all off. | |
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Junior Counterpart | |
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Junior Counterpart: It's frequently said that Benny Blanco is a younger version of Carlito. Carlito thinks Benny is just a cheap punk, (and, it's implied, sees a lot of himself that he doesn't like in Benny) and does not take kindly to these comparisons. | |
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Action Prologue | |
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Action Prologue: The delivery that Carlito accompanies his cousin on is this, given that it takes place a month before the main action of the film. It isn't specifically framed as a prologue, however, only being subtly disconnected from the main body of the film. | |
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Slimeball | |
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Slimeball: Kleinfeld. The guy doesn't have a single redeeming quality. He's smarmy, scheming and utterly dishonest, and has deep-seated insecurities that cause him to lash out at people who can kick his ass effortlessly. He also treats women like crap and is a coke addict. He gets in over his head into evil schemes and when he can't pull his weight, he has to drag other people (Carlito) to get him out of his messes. He also framed Carlito, his best friend, despite knowing full well he's staying clean, just to get Norwalk off his own back. The kicker? He didn't even have to do that - Norwalk didn't even ask about Carlito before Kleinfeld offered his fake story. | |
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Brooklyn Rage | |
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Brooklyn Rage: Tony T., despite being Italian, is this flavor of threatening, being a stocky, brutish, meat-head with a Noo Yawk accent who promises Kleinfeld to "snap [his] neck like a breadstick". | |
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Prison Changes People | |
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Prison Changes People: Carlito resolved to live lawfully after his experiences in prison. | |
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Big Bad Friend | |
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Big Bad Friend: Kleinfeld has already sold out Carlito to the FBI with trying to frame him of cocaine dealing, even having offered to testify against him. Though interestingly, the FBI believe Carlito's attempt to go straight is genuine, and try to use him to instead bust Kleinfeld. | |
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Freudian Excuse Denial | |
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Freudian Excuse Denial: Invoked by Carlito at the start. He notes that his mother died when he was very young and how many criminals he's known with similar stories who use that as an excuse before shooting down that idea, saying he was already a "mean little bastard" when she was still alive. | |
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How We Got Here | |
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How We Got Here: The movie starts with Carlito on the gurney. | |
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Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves | |
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Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Benny Blanco is smart enough to dispose of Pachanga after his betrayal of Carlito. Carlito lets Kleinfeld be killed by a vengeful Vinnie T. by emptying his gun. | |
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Combat Cue Stick | |
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Combat Cue Stick: At a drug deal meeting with his nephew, Carlito makes a show of teaching some goons a trick shot at their pool table. When his nephew's dealer ambushes and kills the nephew, Carlito smashes a goon in the face with a cue before grabbing his gun to shoot his way out. | |
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Twerp Sweating | |
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Twerp Sweating: Norwalk, part of the job description. With Kleinfeld it takes little more than a glare to make false allegations against Carlito. With Carlito, it's a No-Sell. | |
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Bait-and-Switch | |
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Bait-and-Switch: Just as Carlito makes it to the train and the police gun down Vinnie T, Benny Blanco shoots him three times, having been alerted by Pachanga to follow him. | |
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BigRottenApple | |
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Big Rotten Apple: The film is set in The Bronx, New York's most infamous crime-ridden district and during a time when crime in the city was among the worst in its history. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Carlito decides to let his lawyer, Kleinfeld, get killed by Vinnie T. for killing Vinnie's father. Then there's also Pachanga, who was killed after betraying Carlito at the end. | |
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Karmic Death | |
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Karmic Death: Kleinfeld and Pachanga at the end. | |
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Villainous Breakdown | |
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Villainous Breakdown: Under the influence of drugs and planning Tony T's murder, Kleinfeld breaks down constantly, whether it's a threat from Tony T, a visit from Norwalk, or making plans with Carlito. At a dinner party with Carlito and Gail the night before Tony T's jailbreak and his murder he loses it and his behavior alarms everyone. | |
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"Not So Different" Remark | |
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"Not So Different" Remark: A strange kind. Benny Blanco is not assuming more than anyone else that Carlito never changed, and tries to treat him with the utmost respect. Carlito however still thinks he is trying to pull this off and violently rejects him, obviously because of how much Benny reminds him of himself at the peak of his younger criminal days. | |
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Subways Suck | |
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Subways Suck: The climax is centered on Carlito rushing to reach Gail at the Grand Central Terminal and get out of town together, all while avoiding the assassins chasing him through the crowded New York subway system. | |
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Addled Addict | |
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Addled Addict: Kleinfeld becomes one as his cocaine use increases. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: Pachanga is mentioned early on to be interested in selling Carlito out. Carlito's narration lampshades his treatment of Benny was a bad move, alluding him being more vicious than he let on for when he gets fatally shot by him in the end. Kleinfeld's gun. | |
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Fan Boy | |
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Fanboy: Though he's a general thug and low-rent hood to others, Benny Blanco shows nothing but respect for Carlito (at least, the former version of Carlito). | |
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Nervous Wreck | |
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Nervous Wreck: Kleinfeld. It's a result of his White Collar Crimes, paranoia, inferiority complex and the drugs. Selling his best friend out and planning Tony T's murder take a toll on him too. It's all in stark contrast to everyone else's Nerves of Steel. | |
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Benevolent Boss | |
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Benevolent Boss: Carlito is always polite and respectful with Rudy and the other waiters at the bar he owns, unlike the previous boss, Saso, who barks orders. When Rudy pesters Carlito about Benny Blanco's (very arrogant) request that he send Stephie to him, Carlito knows Rudy is just doing his job and reassures him that he'll handle it. | |
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Nice to the Waiter | |
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Nice to the Waiter: Carlito treats the waiter, Rudy, with enough respect, unlike patrons like Benny Blanco or the club's previous owner, Saso, who constantly yells at him and orders him around. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: Benny Blanco from the Bronx not only escapes his karma, but defies Carlito's as well. | |
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Your Approval Fills Me with Shame | |
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Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: The reason Carlito hates Benny Blanco. While the younger guy is just as tough and ruthless as he himself used to be, he's also a slimy, petty jerk who bullies those weaker than him and sucks up to the stronger ones. Carlito gets especially irritated because when he first met the guy, Benny acted like a jerk but when he saw it was Carlito he was talking to, he immediately started kissing his ass and kept doing so while bullying everyone else. | |
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Disappointed in You | |
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Disappointed in You: Carlito feels something between disappointment and pity whenever he sees Kleinfeld slipping into some completely needless asshole behavior, like snorting coke, treating women badly, making an ass of himself or killing a mob boss. Even when he finds out Dave betrayed him, his reaction is not to get mad, but to berate him, covertly unload his gun and sarcastically tell him that he has a "beautiful future" ahead of himself. | |
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Fatal Flaw | |
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Fatal Flaw: Either Carlito's past, his code of loyalty even to those who put him back In Harm's Way, or his determination to stay straight. Kleinfeld's stemming inferiority complex, which leads to putting Carlito into deep trouble after he botches the Rikers Island breakout. | |
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White-Collar Crime | |
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White-Collar Crime: Kleinfeld is being investigated for some of these. Namely, bribery, money laundering and theft of $1m. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Kleinfeld has an absolutely epic moment of this when he realizes Carlito took the bullets out of his gun, leaving him defenseless against Vinnie Taglialucci. | |
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The Loins Sleep Tonight | |
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The Loins Sleep Tonight: Implied by Steffie when she tells Carlito that Kleinfeld can't have sex with her due to all the coke he does, which is and can be a permanent side effect to drug abuse. | |
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P.O.V. Cam | |
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P.O.V. Cam: Carlito on the gurney. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
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Face–Heel Turn: Carlito's best buddy Pachanga sells him out to a rival gangster, in the very end. | |
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Pillow Pistol | |
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Pillow Pistol: Kleinfeld keeps one while he is recovering in the hospital. Carlito tells him to keep it in plain sight and unloads it. Cue Oh, Crap! from Kleinfeld before he is shot by Vinnie T.. | |
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Bottomless Magazines | |
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Bottomless Magazines: Averted. After firing a Colt .45 seven times, Carlito runs out of ammo and has to pretend to reload to scare some thugs. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
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Too Dumb to Live: In-universe example. Carlito is pissed that Kleinfeld would be so stupid as to kill a mafia boss and his son. And this is the same boss from whom Kleinfeld had already ripped $1 million. When he confirms the extent of Kleinfeld's villainous stupidity, Carlito delivers a very cutting remark as to just how in over his head he is. | |
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Amoral Attorney | |
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Amoral Attorney: Kleinfeld is probably the worst kind of crooked lawyer. He steals $1 million from his own mob boss client, Tony Tagliaucci, then double crosses and murders him and his son. He also snitches on Carlito. | |
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The Don | |
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The Don: Tony T. is, if not a Don, a major mafia heavyweight, and he wants Kleinfeld to help him escape jail. He also openly states that he has very nasty things planned for Kleinfeld should Kleinfeld refuse. | |
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Shadow Archetype | |
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Shadow Archetype: Benny Blanco is an unpleasant reminder of how nasty Carlito used to be. In a meta-example, Carlito is this to Tony Montana from Scarface (1983). | |
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Pretender Diss | |
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Pretender Diss: Carlito does not like gangster wannabes. At all. The problem is the guy he directed the comment to, Benny Blanco, wasn't a gangster wannabe. He was a young modern version of Carlito himself. It's even pointed out in the film. The original novel and the prequel show that Carlito was indeed better than Benny Blanco, but not for what he's accomplished as a gangster. Behind his tough exterior, Carlito was honorable and hated having to be a gangster, which is why he decided to get away from that after he got out of jail. He would also never treat a woman the way Benny treated Stephie. Benny had all of young Carlito's ruthlessness but none of the honor and Carlito didn't appreciate the superficial admiration of someone like that, especially because he hated that side of himself. | |
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It's All About Me | |
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It's All About Me: David Kleinfeld, who has the unfortunate character traits of a chronic inferiority complex and a massive ego. | |
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Alliterative Name | |
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Alliterative Name: Benny Blanco from the Bronx. Tony Taglialucci. | |
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Really Gets Around | |
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Really Gets Around: Steffie sleeps with both Benny Blaco and Kleinfeld, then later bluntly asks Carlito why he never tried to sleep with her. This is true of a number of her friends too, as they start turning a party of Kleinfeld's into a semi-public orgy, much to Kleinfeld's chagrin. | |
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Good Cop/Bad Cop | |
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Good Cop/Bad Cop: Bill Norwalk as the bad cop, always being stern and menacing, and his Hispanic assistant Valentin whose role is to butter Carlito up to testify against Kleinfeld. | |
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Neck Snap | |
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Neck Snap: Tony T. threatens Kleinfeld with that. "Like a breadstick". | |
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Boom, Headshot! | |
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Boom, Headshot!: The way Vinnie T. disposes of Kleinfeld | |
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Teeth-Clenched Teamwork | |
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Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Tony T hates Kleinfeld for being a slippery lawyer but wants his help in breaking out of jail. He has a good reason since Kleinfeld did rip him off, but Kleinfeld kills him first. | |
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Hope Spot | |
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Hope Spot: Carlito gets away from the Italian mobsters chasing him and it looks like he's going to make it to the train, but then Benny Blanco from the Bronx does Carlito in for petty revenge... | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: When he visits Gail at night, Carlito takes a peek into her apartment by putting his face into the half-closed white door. Carlito's sarcastically refers to himself as "The last of the Mo-Ricans" in the final narration. | |
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Retirony | |
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Retirony: Carlito is resolved to get out of gangster life, but it just keeps sucking him back in. | |
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Toxic Friend Influence | |
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Toxic Friend Influence: All Carlito wants is to go clean, but Kleinfeld keeps involving him in his schemes. He makes him an accomplice in a mafia boss' murder, and also tries to sell him out to the FBI who only leave Carlito alone because they know he's clean and want to bust Kleinfeld instead. | |
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Protagonist Title | |
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Protagonist Title: The name of the movie refers to Carlito Brigante leaving the gangster life behind. | |
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Spiritual Antithesis | |
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Spiritual Antithesis: As noted above, it's practically a complete inversion of Scarface (1983), including by way of a Shout-Out: The protagonist is quickly involved in a scene where they're about to be unwittingly killed, but fight their way out of it. In Scarface (1983), Tony Montana is utterly incensed by someone dancing with his sister, his... ''love'' interest. Here, Carlito takes pleasure in watching his actual love interest dance with a man who's similarly skilled, and comments on appreciating the beauty of their movement. Of course, it's Kleinfeld who takes offence to this... | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Vinnie T., after his father Tony T. and brother Frankie T. are killed in the botched Rikers Island breakout. Unfortunately, Carlito gets mixed up in it. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
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Cassandra Truth: Carlito has the problem of not listening to warnings from anyone that isn't a gangster. Gail constantly warns him about Kleinfeld. She was right, Kleinfeld tried to sell him out to Norwalk the minute he got cornered. He also ignores Saso who informs him Pachanga is spying for Benny Blanco. This one costs Carlito his life. | |
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Badass Longcoat | |
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Badass Longcoat: Carlito's black leather coat. | |
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Deliberately Monochrome | |
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Deliberately Monochrome: The opening scene is presented in black and white, with a Splash of Color for the "Escape to Paradise" billboard Carlito stares at. | |
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Hyper-Awareness | |
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Hyper-Awareness: Carlito's ability to read the room and intuitively sense danger is what enables him to survive so far. It's demonstrated early on with the drug gang and then in the finale when he sees Vinnie T disguised as a cop and thinks "that face and that uniform don't go together". | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard: Kleinfeld could have killed Vinnie in the hospital and saved both himself and Carlito, but Carlito made sure that couldn't happen by removing all of his bullets beforehand. By indirectly killing Kleinfeld and saving Vinnie, Carlito unknowingly causes his own death. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
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What the Hell, Hero?: Even though Carlito had his reasons for sending away Benny's champagne, he would have saved a lot of trouble by just accepting the innocuous gift. | |
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Dutch Angle | |
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Dutch Angle: Used pragmatically - whenever the camera tilts, it's levelling two or three faces which are at different heights. As it happens, this positioning occurs in especially tense moments. | |
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Tragic Mistake | |
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Tragic Mistake: Carlito probably would have avoided all his troubles with Tony T. had he'd told his friend Kleinfeld to take a hike but his personal code prevents him from doing so. Carlito's death at the hands of Benny Blanco from the Bronx would have been all avoided had he left Benny Blanco from the Bronx alone in the nightclub, killed him like Pachanga wanted to, or just gotten rid of Pachanga who everyone knows can't be trusted. Alternatively, actually paying Pachanga could have kept him from selling Carlito out. Simply not tipping his hand about leaving town, especially to Pachanga, would have made for a happy ending. Carlito doesn't know it, but by personally taking revenge on Kleinfeld, he prevented him from shooting Vinnie. With Vinnie dead, Carlito might have had more time to escape. And of course, leaving a beaten and humiliated Benny Blanco alive so he turns up at the last minute and shoots Carlito in revenge. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: beautiful, angelic ballerina (stripper!) Gail hooks up with drug dealing gangster Carlito and is sucked into his world. | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Norwalk, the prosecutor who sent Carlito to jail to begin with. He's resentful of seeing him go free but he does acknowledge that he has been making a genuine effort to keep clean and as such doesn't believe when Kleinfeld tries to set him to save his own skin and instead makes Carlito the offer to testify against Kleinfeld and receive immunity and plane tickets out of the country. | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
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Chekhov's Gunman: Literally. At the end of the movie, after seemingly managing to avoid certain death, Carlito is gunned down by a young gangster he had several brief run ins with throughout the film. | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness | |
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You Have Out Lived Your Usefulness: Benny Blanco from the Bronx to Pachanga. | |
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Drugs Are Bad | |
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Drugs Are Bad: Kleinfeld's cocaine habit culminates with him making big, stupid mistakes and then bigger and more stupid mistakes to try and cover up his earlier blunders. | |
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Gambit Pileup | |
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Gambit Pileup: Carlito once his mistakes catch up to him. After Kleinfeld's death, Saso tries to steal his money and that costs him valuable time when he has to run for his life from Vinnie T. and company; after he narrowly escaped them, he's shot by Benny Blanco, whom Pachanga sold him out to. | |
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Call-Forward | |
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Call-Forward: Several lines in the 2005 prequel: | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Vinnie T takes at least two or three to the chest, drags himself covered in his own blood across Grand Central Station, and still keeps shooting. | |
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"Psycho" Strings | |
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"Psycho" Strings: When Kleinfeld visits Tony T. in prison. It serves to foreshadow Kleinfeld's villainous schemes. | |
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The Load | |
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The Load: Averted with Tony T's people. You'd think a morbidly obese guy like Joe Battaglia would slow them down when they chase Carlito at the railway station. Sure, Joe stops to catch his breath after climbing an escalator, but he looks down and notices Carlito lying down on he descending escalator. If he hadn't, they would have missed him. | |
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The Mole | |
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The Mole: Carlito's friend LalÃn is wearing a wire as part of the FBI's attempt to bust Carlito, but he's found out quickly. Also Kleinfeld and Pachanga. | |
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The Oner | |
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The Oner: During the climax, Carlito arriving at the Grand Central and avoiding being seen by his pursuers is presented as an uninterrupted take that goes on for nearly three minutes. | |
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Exact Words | |
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Exact Words: Benny told Carlito that if he didn't kill him outside of the club that if he ever saw him again, he was going to kill him and boy he wasn't lying... | |
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Sissy Villain | |
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Sissy Villain: Somewhat justified (the sissy part) with Carlito's Evil Former Friend Lalìn, who rats him out to the FBI and is a whiny and broken shell of himself. Not so justified with Kleinfeld at the end. | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: In an altercation with Benny Blanco, Carlito roughs up and humiliates Benny, but chooses to spare Benny's life, despite knowing that doing so is an enormous risk and may make people think he's gone soft, which could put a target on Carlito's back. Benny kills him in return. He also helps Kleinfeld out of gratitude for Kleinfeld getting him out of jail which Kleinfeld repays by trying to set him up to save his own ass. | |
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Chronic Villainy | |
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Chronic Villainy: Subverted. Carlito is unwittingly involved in several crimes, but he never directly perpetrates any himself. Unfortunately, the FBI and others suspect him of this. Played straight with Kleinfeld however; the guy seems genuinely incapable of doing anything honestly. Norwalk informs Carlito of some of the crimes they suspect him of. | |
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Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster! | |
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Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!: Deconstructed throughout the film. Everyone who believes in this trope is a young wannabe (or at best, an up and comer) that hasn't been in the game long enough to see how much it sucks. Older gangsters who've been in it awhile, such as Carlito, know the downside to the gangster life and have no illusions about it. | |
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Martial Pacifist | |
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Martial Pacifist: Carlito's a seasoned criminal with a feared reputation, but he still wants to live a peaceful life before leaving New York. He only shows anger and violence against guys like Saso, Lalin, and Benny Blanco after they really push his buttons. | |
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Inspector Javert | |
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Inspector Javert: Subverted with Norwalk. While initially being hell-bent on busting Carlito (Lalin says he "has a hard-on" for Carlito), he lets go of that and at the end even offers him complete immunity if he helps bust Kleinfeld instead. | |
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Who's Laughing Now? | |
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Who's Laughing Now?: Kleinfeld loves to ask people who've threatened him before "How does it feel?" when the tables turn. He reveals to Carlito he feels that way about a lot of people. | |
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Friend Versus Lover | |
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Friend Versus Lover: Gail doesn't like Kleinfeld at all and tells as much to Carlito, insisting that he cuts ties with him. Justified since Kleinfeld is acting erratically and possessively out of insecurity, as well as anxiety because he is planning Tony T's murder and really does get Carlito in trouble. | |
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