1995 · crime · drama
Casino (1995)
Directed by Martin Scorsese2h 59m1995
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Our read: Casino (1995) (1995) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
- signature
Watching Casino tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Casino feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want Scorsese's brutal epic of greed, power and Vegas mob life.”
Skip it tonight — You want light viewing or anything without extreme violence and vice.
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