Good Film About Wiseguys In Vegas

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2000)

I saw this film a whole buncha times when it came out. But the shot of the dummy in the exploding car in the beginning looks SO totally fake. How could a master director like Marty miss that? That bit has always driven me nuts. Why didn't they just use tinted windows on the car?

That aside, this is a good Vegas mob movie. It isn't as good as 'Goodfellas' but its good enough. You get a real sense of 1970's Las Vegas as well as a nice cameo by my fave rave TV movie host, Joe Bob Briggs. Its also nice to see Sharon Stone in a movie that doesn't completely suck for a once. That gal has made more bad pictures than Photomat. Marty should stick to directing mob movies like this. Its when he tries to do something different we get stuck with junk like 'Kundun' or 'Age Of Innocence'. Rock on Marty baby...