Based on: Nicholas Pileggi's Casino (1995) In much the same way as Goodfellas before it, Casino is another film collaboration between Scorsese and Pileggi, and one that also details the life of a career criminal: Frank Rosenthal (renamed as Sam "Ace" Rothstein in the film). Unlike Scorsese's earlier gangster film though, Casino was a much more glamorous and indulgent affair, detailing the life of Rosenthal (De Niro) as he rose up to a position of prominence as the manager of a mob-run casino. If Scorsese's gangster films ever teach you anything, it's that the 'crime never pays' motto has a lot more truth to it than one might think. Casino never did receive the same amount of critical success as Goodfellas (largely due to critics believing the film had a bloated running time), but there's no denying that it is another fantastic insight into the world of organised crime.
Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.
