Review of Casino Jack (2010) by Dave L — 25 Dec 2011

"Casino Jack" is about Kevin Spacey portraying Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Washington lobbyist. The performance has a weird sort of feel with Spacey doing impersonations of various celebrities (but I guess Abramoff was known for doing this).

The plot focuses on the extent of Abramoff's corruption and how the scandal unravels and then turns to the hypocritical system that punishes Abramoff but turns a blind eye to the other lobbyists who essentially do the same thing he does.

The character development isn't as strong and the film tries to be a blatant morality tale that just doesn't work as well as it was supposed too.