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Scorsese's Vegas Epic: Blood, Glitz, and Mob Rule
1 Mar
Summary
- Robert De Niro plays a gambling whiz managing Las Vegas's Tangiers Casino.
- The film details mob control over casinos in 1970s Las Vegas.
- Casino explores a volatile relationship amidst underworld dealings.
Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino, a sprawling three-hour epic, delves into the dazzling and dangerous world of 1970s Las Vegas.
Robert De Niro portrays Ace Rothstein, a shrewd gambling expert tasked by the Chicago Mafia to oversee the Tangiers Casino. His tenure is marked by a volatile romance with showgirl Ginger McKenna, played by Sharon Stone, and constant conflict with the brutal Nicky Santoro, brought to life by Joe Pesci.
Entertainment Weekly noted that "Las Vegas casinos, at least in the '70s, practiced a legalized version of what the Mob was already doing." Scorsese's film captures this with a hypnotic flow, presenting Vegas as a hub of controlled vice.
The movie, released five years after Scorsese's seminal Goodfellas, is hailed as a "blood-and-glitz underworld epic" that hypnotically depicts the era's unique blend of glamour and crime.
