He instantly falls in love with her, though he knows Ginger is a gold-digger and not the kind of girl that was made to be married and lead exemplary family life. As he grows more powerful he clashes with Ace, who appears to want to run clean business (or at least as clean as it is possible, given his connections and the nature of the endeavor) while Nicky is interested in getting more power, with no regard for the law.Īround the same time Ace meets Ginger ( Sharon Stone, in one of my all-time favorite performances), who is a well-known hustler in casinos.

Soon, Nicky becomes well known around town and he becomes more and more dangerous with each day.

He is violent and ruthless and he wants to use his connection to Ace in order to get involved in casino business. Soon, however, two very different people enter his life and they will change it forever.Īce's old pal Nicky ( Joe Pesci) arrives with big dreams - he wants to be the first real gangster in Vegas, rob, steal, take whatever he can. Ace proves to be fantastic at what he does - he soon makes the name for himself and he runs casino like no one else can. The film follows Sam 'Ace' Rothstein ( Robert De Niro), who is sent to Las Vegas by his Mafia bosses to run the Teamsters-funded Tangiers Casino on behalf of several Midwest Mob families. The two previously collaborated on Goodfellas. It has been in my top 15 ever since I've seen it years ago and I don't think it will ever leave its place.Ĭasino is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese. so what? Can't two movies share similar themes, feature the same actors and be incredible? I enjoy Casino much more than Goodfellas - I've seen the latter three times and the former? Probably close to 20. I know a lot of people whine about the fact it's allegedly incredibly similar to Goodfellas, but.

And I'll probably see it again afterwards.įor me Casino is the best movie directed by Martin Scorsese. But since I said I'll review Casino for RorschachReviews and on the odd chance there are those out there who haven't seen that splendid movie and I have the opportunity to encourage them to do so, I shall now review one of my all time favorite films. Instead of writing about them, you should just watch them again. There is a certain problem one has to deal with while reviewing movies you absolutely adore.

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