Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Not exactly the news that money buys power and influence in government.

But that does not diminish the impact of "Casino Jack and the United States money," Alex Gibney chronic disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff film. What is striking here is the extent of greed, corruption, arrogance and cynicism, especially in the screen, not only in relation to the system of government but the people serving openly.

Want to throw your hands up in disgust by what Abramoff and his friends pulled, but that's just another exercise in frustration. Abramoff is still in prison, ending a period of four years after pleading guilty to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials. But is there anyone so naive as to believe that Abramoff away for a few years to solve all the problems he took and even helped to create?

Gibney, who also made "Enron: The smartest Guys in the Room" and the Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side," once again takes a fun approach to break extraordinary complex issues easy to consume. It begins with an e-mail to Abramoff, who worked briefly as a film producer, asking why he is making a documentary. "Nobody watches documentaries," he writes. "You must do an action film."