Casino (1995)
8.2/10
178 min
1995
en
Action
Biography
Crime
Drama
Synopsis
This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970s and '80s are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw--Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.—Tad Dibbern
Cast
Robert De Niro as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein Sharon Stone as Ginger McKenna Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro Bill Allison as John Nance
