CastJames Caan
Josh Duhamel
Nikki Cox
Vanessa Marcil
Molly Sims
Marsha Thomason
James Lesure
Creator
Gary Scott Thompson
Running Time
15 Hours 53 Minutes PAL
Aspect Ratio
1.77:1 Anamorphic
Take a spin on the wheel of TV's most electrifying series ever, Las Vegas. The slots are hot and the girls are even hotter in this brand-new DVD collection of the entire first season, starring some of today's biggest guest stars. Follow the fast-paced exploits and action packed escapades at the Montecito Hotel and Casino with an elite Las Vegas surveillance team, led by commanding Big Ed Deline (James Caan) and his slick, good looking righthand man, Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel). Along with the sexiest support team to hit the Strip, they're out to catch card-counting cheaters, costly streaks of random luck and the schemes of rival casinos. It's Sin City like you've never seen it before in the series Variety declares is "Bottom line: Jackpot."
I started my blog this month but I've added the films I saw last month and the Tru Calling review which I'd posted on eBay but later removed to place here. Anything that I've seen or read before, it's my intention to look at again before I post reviews but this one is an exception simply because I cannot face watching it again.
The pity of it is that it could have been great. Vegas at it's heart is a terrible place, preying on the weak minded, destroying their lives and the Casinos make sure this whole process runs smoothly. It could have been a kind of corporate Sopranos with James Caan as a great heavy. Instead the show plays out like Baywatch. In I think the first of the four commentaries, on the first episode's Nikki Cox mentions her character had started out as a hooker but changed to a casino hostess. So perhaps in the beginning the intention was that this was going to be a great drama but somewhere along the line it was turned into rubbish. Vaguely I think there were a couple of good fun episodes and lots of mediocre ones.
