MNET Action continues to broadcast the best in television series and movies in the second month of the New Year and carries the crime theme
to its fullest. DStv viewers are invited to watch as CRIMINAL MINDS makes a welcome return for a fourth season on February 6 at 20:00 CAT
and a brand new series SANTCUARY starts on February 19 at 20:00 CAT.
Historically in Chicago the St. Valentine's Day Massacre that took place in 1929 is remembered as bloodiest day in the war between Al "Scarface"
Capone and George "Bugs" Moran. Seven notorious gangsters were lined up and shot in the back, with weapons on them, a case that baffled police
investigators for years. The crime theme is taken to dizzy heights as a host of other movies related to the topic will be shown throughout the
month of love. The best and most quoted crime movie of all time, SCARFACE screening February 28 at 21:00 CAT on MNET Action is one of the
biggest and most notable.
Who could forget the most quoted line "Do you wanna play rough . . . do you? Ok, say hello to my little friend." SCARFACE directed by Brian De
Palma and starring Al Pacino with Michelle Pfeiffer, is a remake of the 1932 original and follows the story of Tony Montana. When Castro opened up the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of refugees fled to the U.S. One of them is Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray,
starts operating in Miami's drug trade. After surviving an attack by chainsaw when a deal goes bad, including several other attempts on his
life from his rival dealers, Tony makes it to the top and becomes the head of the cartel. His enemies start coming after him and Tony's
growing paranoia threatens to bring his empire to the ground.
The movie has sparked off a wave of Tony Montana fanatics over the decades and has at some points been associated or attributed with the business model of real-life thugs and gangsters. It has been said by many that Al Pacino's career was built on the backbone of gangster films
after his roles in The Godfather and Scarface catapulted him to "the ultimate gangster" status in movies.
So broad is the appeal of the movie that even musicians have turned to it for inspiration for their lyrics. In the larger-than-life battle
between Jay Z and Naz in recent years, the title music from the scene where Tony get's killed was used as the backing track for a song, further confirming the popularity of this epic movie in today's music and culture.
DStv audiences are invited to make February a t.v night month on each day of the week because MNET Action promises to keep viewers on the edge
of their seats with the programming line-up.

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Note to Editor: Other movies Al Pacino has starred in - in a career spanning over 40 years include: The Godfather trilogy, Devil's Advocate,
Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, Heat, Any Given Sunday, The Insider, Insomnia, Oceans Thirteen, Donnie Brasco and many more.