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[Casino] will dazzle and seduce you. The stand-out performance belongs to Stone.

The rules for this film are tell don't show and signpost everything.

The film stands back, doesn’t take sides. As a political thriller it stays out of politics. As a human drama it rocks to a gentle rhythm.

A tragicomic ensemble piece about people on the edge and love on the rocks.

The film might have drowned in saccharine, but doesn't, despite the non-unionised, happy-go-lucky elves.

Gary Yates's Canadian indie unfolds with a strong sense of deja-vu.

Mindless and superficial and snobbish and slight.

The viewer easily becomes complicit, caught up in actions which, on reflection, are clearly inappropriate.

Singer and McQuarrie expertly sustain a rich and tantalising conceit, keeping the reader guessing to a superb climax – and beyond.

So while War Dogs includes elements of comedy, reviews describing it as “hilarious”, or pigeon-holing it as such are misleading.

The film is worse than misconceived. It's a criminal waste of talent.

Lucas and Howard's often-dark adventure is still an enjoyable sword-and-sorcery tale.