The Movie: This is yet another film I've viewed on my quest to watch every movie set in Vegas, and an obvious choice, at that. Perhaps the best way I can describe Viva Las Vegas is to say that it's like a cheesy Vegas Revue, on film. What little plot there is only exists to connect the various musical numbers together -- the story of the film is so jumpy and inconsistent... it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I mean Elvis and Ann-Margret go on a date that includes so many different activities that it would have taken a real couple at least a few days to do them all... and they did this all before the sun even went down, haha. And apparently just about everybody in the 1960's knew how to fly a helicopter, haha.

The movie, quite frankly sucks, but it does have a few redeeming qualities. It's hard to complain about watching Ann-Margret dance, and the location shots in and around Las Vegas were fantastic. Oh and the classic and exotic cars from the race were pretty neat to see and hear as well, although the entire race scene itself was pretty ridiculous.

Here's a quick rundown of the plot. Elvis plays a race car driver in town for the Las Vegas Gran Prix, except he's got a problem -- his race car needs an engine, and he misplaced all his money. Unable to even pay his hotel bill, he takes a job working as a waiter at the hotel. In the mean time, he courts the slutty swimming pool manager at the hotel he's staying at.

The DVD: This is a double-sided disc with the non-anamorphic widescreen version on one side. The video transfer seems relatively clean, exhibiting the sort of lack of resolution and grain structure you'd expect from a film of this age, though there was definitely a bit of unnecessary edge enhancement that would result in some blocky edges and "ringing" in some spots.

The audio is in the original mono, and actually quite a bit cleaner and fuller sounding than I would have expected. As far as special features go, all you get is a trailer, and that's pretty much it.