An excellent look at one man's rise and fall in the 80s' Las Vegas

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2001)

Based on the true story of Frank Lefty Rosenthal, this is a moving and violent masterpiece. Scorsese and De Niro teams up again and Joe Pesci in his first collaboration with them after Goodfellas(1990). Sharon Stone is a standout in this film and also received and Academy Award nomination for best actress in a supporting role. Writer Nicholas Pileggi's (aslo wrote the book Wiseguy which Goodfellas is based on) screenplay which he co-wrote with Scorsese is very sharp.
I'm not going to tell you what the movie is about, but the fact that it's a true story is amazing. Scorsese is an absolute favourite of mine and De Niro is equally impressive. Joe Pesci is splendid as the short-tempered, violent Nicky and Stone is brilliant as Ace's wife Ginger
Perhaps the best film of the 90s, if not the century! Marvelous!!