See Goodfellas first

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 1999)

Casino is nowhere near as enthralling as Goodfellas. It has many high points though. For example the acting all around was flawless. Bobby was brilliant as ACE, Sharon stone deserved that golden globe and Joe Pesci as Tommy...oops I'm sorry I mean Nicky...he was very scary. I felt in Goodfellas the characters reached a point where they had it all and then they went down but in Casino they kinda had it all at the beginning then went completely downhill from there. I've always enjoyed Scorsese's use of violence. Sudden and brutal. But the "Head in a Vice" and the beating with bats left a bad taste. After you see them you say "Why Oh Why didn't he just shoot 'em in the head.". However it is an entertaining epic, a credit to all involved.