Scorsese Shows The Dark Side Of Vegas Perfectly.

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2012)

An Excellent Movie on Crime,Greed,Money and Power based on a true story by Martin Scorsese where he shows the dark side of Las Vegas and the Gambling Business in the Casino with quite a bit of violence in the type of movie in which he is a perfectionist, along with great performances and narration of the story from Robert De Niro And Joe Pesci who are the main backbone of the film,along with a great performance from Sharon Stone and a good story and great background music which is so common in Scorsese's movies.
The Story is about Two Mobster Best Friends of one(De Niro) is a Casino Owner and a great gambler, and the Other(Pesci) is told to keep his back,and it shows us how Nicky(Pesci) becomes obsessed with money and power after coming to Las Vegas and how he becomes a wanted gangster, while that friendship between him and Sam(De Niro) affects Sam's reputation quite badly and how they slowly become enemies,while Sam having to also deal with his alcoholic wife Ginger(Stone) and family after his wife is frustrated of him and wants to end the marriage and is greedy for a big amount of money kept at a bank in her and her husband's name. This Shows how Money,Greed and Power can change a human being into doing very bad and horrible things.
The Performances from De Niro as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein who is a very excellent and clever gambler and Pesci as Nicky Santoro who gets obsessed with money and power after coming to Vegas are excellent as they Potray there characters perfectly and at times acting like real mobsters, their chemistry in the movie in the scenes together is great and the dialogue delivery of both throughout the movie is also excellent and they narrated the story perfectly..Sharon Stone also does a very good job as Ginger McKenna who gets frustrated after some years of getting married with Sam and gets greedy of the money which is in the bank, she portrays her role very well as a alcoholic greedy for money, with a bigger influence to the movie in the latter part of it, making the movie a three sided battle between the actors.
Martin Scorsese does an excellent job in directing this and showing the dark side of Las Vegas and the Casino world with quite a bit of violence and abuses but at the same time keeping the viewers interested in the movie,and how the city can make a person obsessed with Money,Power and Greed, with helping the characters adapt to their roles very well,and also helping Sharon Stone give one of her best performances of her life,also utilizing a good story which he also had a part in writing very well in making a great crime movie in which he is such a perfectionist in.
The Story which was actually based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi was excellent and reveals the dark side of Las Vegas and shows that it always is not the greatest place on earth, due to an excellent screenplay from Screenwriter Pileggi himself and Martin Scorsese. The Background music in the movie is also excellent as it is in any Scorsese movie and great job from the legendary director and Robbie Robertson in giving some great songs in the movie which suit the scenes perfectly.
This Is A Great Crime Film on how Money,Power and Greed can absolutely change a person into doing very bad and horrible things,and its perfectly shown by Mr Scorsese along with a great acting from the acting trio.