Infamous 1940's gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Warren Beatty) has been in and out of trouble with cops and his family over the years. Now, he has left them for a woman named Virginia Hill (Annette Benning).
"Hill" slowly warms up to the mobster, who decides to move to California to pursue her and dreams of becoming an actor. Even though he is trying to improve his life, he is still an ill-tempered mobster who wants to use his new connections to assassinate Mousilini. However, when the dictator is killed, he eventually sets his eyes on a piece of Nevada desert to build a casino.
The movie focuses mainly on the fairly rocky relationship between Seigel and Hill. However, sprinkled through the movie are scenes which remind us of Seigel's criminal nature. We see Seigel go from a rom... |
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2.5/4 |
