Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNero -- with great music

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 1999)

Much overlooked in the flash of the great cast: DeNero, Stone, Pecci, Rickles -- is the musical background. If anything sets the tone of the movie as a fun-loving, Las Vegas vacation, it's the 50's period music. Of course, it's not a Las Vegas vacation spot they're talking about; it's mob-control of the casinos and some foreshadowing of another film -- "Leaving Las Vegas" which earned an Oscar. This one is more palatable.