Here at S&G HQ, we try to offer a video goodie every Friday. This week we ask the question, why plunk down 10 hard-earned bucks for cheesebag Brett Ratner‘s Tower Heist when you could hold out for …
Stealing Las Vegas from Francisco Menendez on Vimeo.
… director Francisco Menéndez‘s quickie knockoff Stealing Las Vegas. (Thanks to Ian Sutton for the heads-up.) As is often the case, the casino location of choice was Downtown’s Plaza and nothing says “straight to video” like the presence of Eric Roberts — unless it’s special guest star Huggy Bear (aka Antonio Fargas). UNLV faculty member and Nevada Conservatory Theatre stalwart Michael Tylo is listed prominently in the credits as one “Berk Rockett.” As for the casino owner’s supposedly heinous crime — “Cutting the pensions, the jobs, the benefits” — hell, that’s been standard operating procedure in this town ever since the Crash of 2008.
