Another movie which loses points in style and content in the eternal sacrifice for cash. It’s absolutely notmal to have sex and sin featured in a move about the Story of Ted Binion, but it’s another thing to lose the ever-important charisma and soul of the city of Las Vegas.
C’est la vie….
Detroit News: The name of Lifetime’s new made-for-TV movie is “Sex and Lies in Sin City: The Ted Binion Scandal,” but there’s only one problem. There is too much sex and sin and not enough city.
Seriously, how can you have a movie based in Las Vegas and show very little of the lights and grit that make the city what it is? Not to mention the fact that Binion (Matthew Modine) is a casino-owning billionaire, and showing how and where he made his money would’ve been nice.
To be fair, the movie, which is based on a true story, is mostly about Binion’s possible murder/suicide case. That said, the man did have a life and a fast-paced, hard-partying reputation, and that is glossed over all too quickly.
