A Story About People I Could Care Less About, But It Works

Rating: 9/10 (29 April 2007)

The characters in Casino are greedy and seedy crooks with hardly any good in them whatsoever. But with that said, the story (which is almost 3 darn hours long) moves in such a brilliant pace that you can put up with them. As expected, the acting by Pesci, De Niro, Stone, & Woods is great, but unbelievably every minor character in the film is also on the ball. But, alas, this is a Scorcese film, and as usual it is done to perfection. The camera angles and the cinematography of old Vegas is awesome. This film captures a piece of American history albeit a grimy part of it. I am not a huge fan of mob films nor am I all that interested in Las Vegas, but I was drawn into this story. Rating 9 of 10 stars.