2010
Casino Jack
Comedy, Crime, Drama
6.0
User Score
286 Votes
Status
Released
Language
en
Budget
$12.500.000
Production
Vortex Words + Pictures, An Olive Branch Productions, Bagman (2009), Hannibal Pictures, MCG, Rollercoaster Entertainment, Trigger Street Productions
Overview
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Review
pmchanjr
10.0
"The great American past-time has never been baseball, it has always been making money." A true enough quote from the film, but the unanswered question remains: "Is fraud the 'dirty-little-secret-ingredient' necessary for capitalism to work?"
The most blatant fraud against justice is the "non-disclosure agreement" sold to criminals, by our justice system, to protect their trade-secrets. Jack Abramoff's story was an unheeded warning, quickly forgotten; it isn't fraud if it isn't noticed.
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