Casino – A Gambling Paradise
After the success of Goodfellas, Scorsese’s Casino became a logical follow-up. The film lays bare an intricate web of corruption in Las Vegas, with tendrils reaching into politics, the Teamsters unions, and Midwest mafia operations. It’s a story about gambling, but it also reveals how thugs like Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro) and Nicky Santoro…