Mobsters set up gambling casinos in Los Vegas in the 1980’s so they could cream of the money. Very closely based on truth, a 1983 newspaper headline story. The Tangiers Hotel is one of these greedy scams run by Robert De Niro (Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein) for the mob. The fab opening scene sees a car bomb go off and you know this is going to be a violent film from the start. Mobster friend and ally Joe Pesci (Nicky Santoro) is a hitman who loses his temper easily and tries to make a killing on the casinos by cheating until he is banned from every casino. Sam does not have a license for his casino, to avoid detection he changes his job title regularly and sooner or later the trail of felony leads to his door curtesy of Nicky. Sharon Stone (Ginger McKenna plays the girlfriend who becomes Mrs Rothstein. Robert De Niro wears incredible pink suits. The film does not have tension running through it and the narrative is long and laboured and it could easily have been cut down to 2 hours from a whopping 3!. However, Sharon Stone puts in a good performance as the girlfriend and their relationship is believable.
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