Casino has a ton of f-bombs, a 60s rock soundtrack, a rhythmic voiceover narration, and a three-hour runtime that mostly made good use of the time. The 1995 release might be the turning point when everyone knew what to expect from a Scorsese movie. Pesci and De Niro's back and forth in the movie is witty, intense, and exciting, and sometimes all at once. And while it might feel a little too familiar, it repeats one of Goodfellas' best styles and makes it even better.
Casino follows two close friends and mobsters (Pesci and De Niro) who are relocated to Vegas to oversee the day-to-day operations of a casino. Both films are about mobsters, both are period dramas, and both of them are exaggerated true stories.
Scorsese's Goodfellas made Casino possible, but as a result, the 1995 movie has so many parallels with the mobster classic, for better and worse.
