Carlito's Way (1993)

Carlito's Way is a 1993 crime film based on the novel After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. 

The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp and directed by Brian De Palma. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo and Viggo Mortensen. The film's featured song, "You Are So Beautiful", was performed by Joe Cocker.

The film is based on After Hours, but used the title of the first novel to avoid it being confused with Martin Scorsese's 1985 film of the same name, and focuses on Carlito's activities once he is released from prison. Carlito Brigante, a fictional Puerto Rican criminal vows to go straight and to live life as a law-abiding citizen. However, his past will not let him, and he unwittingly ends up being dragged into the same criminal activities that got him imprisoned in the first place.

Carlito's Way received a mixed response from critics, with a similar lukewarm result at the box office, but has subsequently gained a cult following. Both Sean Penn and Penelope Ann Miller received Golden Globe nominations for their performances.This was when Pacino and Miller experienced their first offscreen romance as well.

Although the film was not considered a success with its initial theatrical run, it gained a growing fan base.

 Carlito's Way's influence can be seen in many subsequent forms of media, be it music, television shows or video games. 

Ken Rosenberg of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and San Andreas video games was based on Sean Penn's portrayal of Kleinfeld. They are both Jewish, have a similar build, have the same clothing style and display similar traits of drug use and increasing paranoia.

 The character Benny Blanco is parodied in the MMORPG World of Warcraft with the Defias thug "Benny Blanco" in Westfall. 

A clip of Pacino (as Carlito) shouting "Here comes the pain!", from around 25 min, 52 sec into the movie, is used in the song (Sic) by Slipknot.

Carlito's opening monologue from the beginning of the film is used in Jay-Z's "Intro/A Million And One Questions/Rhyme No More" track off his sophomore album "In My Lifetime, Vol.1". 

Carlito's dialogue from the pool room sequence, "Okay I'm reloaded!", "Think you big-time?, You gonna die big time!" and "Here comes the pain!" are used in Jay-Z's "Brooklyn's Finest" track from his debut album "Reasonable Doubt", and the Farmer Boys' single Here Comes the Pain. 

Carlito's ending monologue is sampled on Ghostface Killa's album "Ironman", at the end of the song "The Soul Controller". A rendition of the same monologue is also given on the intro to Jay-Z's "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life". WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment, used "Here Comes the Pain" as a catchphrase for former performer and now UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar. 

A WWE video game was also released using the phrase on the PlayStation 2 system. Also, Carlito's line "You think you're big time? You're gonna fucking die big time!" is used (albeit cleaned up) as a map on the Macintosh first person shooter Marathon Infinity.