Looking up some other movies which came out in 2001, is this honestly as bad as trash like Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles or Ghosts Of Mars? Check it out, you might be surprised. Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorseses riveting look at how blind ambition, white-hot passion and 24-karat greed toppled a Las Vegas casino empire. It isn't perfect, there are some really out of place nu metal songs on the soundtrack (there should be way more Elvis songs) and some of the jokes do fall flat. Some scenes are actually really cool and stylish looking. The action is frantic and bloody and i enjoy the overall politically incorrect tone running through the movie.
Kurt Russell is reliably cool as always and i actually thought Costner was pretty badass, i want the jacket he wears for much of the movie. Does the movie deserve all of that? Hell no, this is a fun action black comedy which i think a lot of people will enjoy especially if you are a fan of Quentin Tarantino and similar edgy violent thrillers. This movie received some pretty scathing reviews back when it came out and apparently it was even nominated for several Golden raspberry awards including Kevin Costner for worst actor.