Powerful gangster film

"Casino" is very much a companion film to "Goodfellas". It shares many of the same actors, De Niro and Pesci, the same director , the same epic length and the same general mobster theme. The action takes place in Vegas where De Niro's character runs a casino with the assistance of the violent and volatile Pesci.Sharon Stone plays DeNiro's ex hooker girlfriend and she in fact steals the show with a powerful performance. The acting throughout is immense and the plot is always entertaining and gripping. "Casino" is like a Vegas "Goodfellas" and it is as violent and foul mouthed as that film with several particularly unpleasant and gory sequences. Despite this I found "Casino" to be an excellent film,well worth another watch in my case. I first watched it back in 1996.