Best Las Vegas Movie ever made.

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2008)

Had me on the edge of my seat most of the time. Pesci is scary period. Dinero is possibly the greatest actor of my generation. Throw those two in a greatly scripted film and surround them with great supporting actors and you cant help but make a great movie.
I don't consider this Goodfellas 2 but its close. Its a variant with two actors carried over. Don't get me wrong, This film stands very well on its own merit. If you never saw Goodfellas it wouldn't matter.
You can always tell a great movie when you forget you are watching one.
The violence is very scary and powerful. I grimaced several times the first time I saw it. The realism is there in every sense.
A great rise and fall movie. In certain respects its sad the old days are over. There was an aura about it. But on the other hand, the Mafia was just to damned violent.