10 Movies WAY Darker Than Originally Advertised

Released in the 1995, Casino is one of Martin Scorsese’s most critically acclaimed efforts.

Like the later mob epic The Irishman, the film is well regarded by reviewers but proved divisive amongst viewers, and both films struggled for reasons tied indelibly to their advertising. This follow up to Goodfellas was a bleaker and more brutal affair than that earlier, snappier Henry Hill biopic. But you would never know this from the film's misleading advertising, which portrayed Casino as an even more bombastic and lavish bit of gangster glamorising than that earlier effort.

Thus, viewers expecting to be seduced into the gangster lifestyle by another relatable anti hero like Henry Hill were instead met with vile characters, horrific violence, and a baseball bat to the face of their expectations.

Which, to be fair, is probably exactly what Scorsese wanted. In the case of both The Irishman and Casino, the films were preceded by portrayals of real life criminals (The Wolf of Wall Street and Goodfellas) which left some audience members rooting for the bastards, so it's no wonder Scorsese felt the need to correct this misaimed fan response.