"Nicky's methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go fuck themselves. I mean, what were they going to do, muscle Nicky? Nicky was the muscle."
Review: Robert DeNiro is great as, Ace Rothstein, a guy who tries to apply good logic and business sense to every situation, but is constantly stymied by his friends and enemies who seem to run there lives based on emotion. I think this movie is better than Scorsese's Goodfellows, it might be because, while I think Ray Liotta is a great actor there is some quality about him that I don't warm to as the protagonist of a movie. This movie is great as a mob tale but also very interesting as a story of Las Vegas.
"In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all."
4 out of 4 Stars
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