No one did stay at the top.

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 1999)

The fact that I believe that Scorsese and De Niro make a great pair might lead some people to think that I started watching this movie with the idea that it was going to be good, in other words, that I had a certain assurance that it was good. Well I didn't. However, I could have had one and the movie would still have reached my expectations. I thought it was absolutely brilliant with some funny scenes and some great acting.
The movie talks about, as it says in the title, a casino. But it's not just a casino. It's THE casino ran by Sam "ACE" Rothstein (De Niro). Ace is the best football handicapper in the country but is so good that you could say he cheats when he bets. Plus he never bets unless he is sure to win. But in Las Vegas, running a casino requires help. So his bosses in Kansas City send down one f his best friends, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), to watch his back. As usual, Pesci plays a rather crazy character who seems to be particularly fond of being a gangster.
In Vegas, Ace marries Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) and complicates his life by doing so. Sharon Stone is incredibly brilliant in her Oscar-nominated role as the woman who begins the whole catastrophe and is as beautiful as ever. However, things between Ace, Ginger and Nicky spice up and lead to disasters and multiple murders.
"Casino" is one of the best Scorsese-De Niro movies. The script by Nicholas Pileggi is as good as the one he wrote for "Goodfellas". It's excellent. Now enough said. It's up to you to see it.