Review of Casino Jack (2010) by Kirk S — 29 Oct 2011

Jack Abramoff: Washington is like Hollywood, but with uglier faces. .

"Honor. Integrity. Principles. Everything is Negotiable.".

This film was a slight surprise to me, not because I liked it, but because it was a really fun film. I can't say I expected that. Kevin Spacey and Barry Pepper make a movie about corruption and lies fun. Casino Jack is the story of Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist who ripped off a tribe of Native Americans, with some under the table trading. .

Kevin Spacey is great as always as Jack. He talks fast, he is confident and incredibly arrogant. He boasts about how he works out everyday and all he wants is to be a rich big shot. He owns restaurants and is trying to open his own school. This whole film rest on Spacey's shoulders. It only succeeds because he is just that good. Some of the supporting cast is good too, especially Pepper. But there's one actor who can single handedly bring down an entire movie in there too, Jon Lovitz. Why do people put him in movies? He isn't funny and he is extremely annoying. Luckily his presence did destroy this movie though.

While Casino Jack isn't a spectacular film on Jack, it doesn't really need to be. All it needed to do was make Jack's story interesting and entertaining and it did that. If you want to watch a film that really goes into this subject, watch the Alex Gibney documentary, Casino Jack and the United States of Money.