DeNiro, Scorsese, Pesci and Stone. How Can You Go Wrong ?

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 1999)

The name DeNiro alone automatically guarantees the movie to be a classic, add the name Scorsese and well, you have instant gold on screen.
The most recent teaming of the masters of film has produced a very entertaining and thought provoking story of life in Las Vegas when it was at the mercy of the mob.
DeNiro turns in a flawless performance as Sam Rothstein, a professional gambler who was like a cash register, he was put in charge of a large CASINO bye the mob. His performance as a perfectionist gambler who tries to run a casino and make an honest woman of his wife (played perfectly by Sharon Stone), was worthy of an Oscar (As has every other performance he has done).
Pesci once again joins his Italian friends DeNiro and Scorsese to turn in a performance as a psychotic maniac who has an obsession with inflicting pain. The genius of Pesci is that he can play a clumsy funny annoying character, such as Leo Getz (Lethal Weapon 2 3 and 4) and then flip the script and play a truly scary maniac such as Nicki in Casino.
The next time DeNiro and Scorsese work together will once again undoubtably be another movie great.
Truly a great movie, not to be mistaken as another Goodfellas, but to have it's own place upon the mountain of movie masterpieces.