Casino - The greatest Las Vegas Mafia story ever told

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2007)

This film is yet another one of Martin Scorsese's gangster masterpieces that went platinum. The delivered performance by the actors, the perfect shooting locations and the wonderful directing by Scorsese makes it a true Oscar dramatic film. Robert De Niro portrays Sam "Ace" Rosthein, a powerful casino owner determined to run his Tangiers casino as smoothly as possible. He meets Ginger McKenna, a passionate high roller whom he gets infatuated with at first sight and is also faced with a threat; Nicky Santoro, his childhood friend and a violent man. As the Mafia game rolls, Ace plays by the rules but Nicky and Ginger lie, cheat and try to scramble their way to the top. Slowly, bit by bit, the mob starts to fall apart and the FBI gets aware of everything that goes on. A brilliant film based on a true story. Sharon Stone won a Golden Globe for best actress. It also happens to be Martin Scorsese's last collaboration with Robert De Niro with Scorsese as a director.