Directed by wizened hack Sidney J. Furie, whose career dates back to the 1961 Cliff Richard vehicle The Young Ones, Top Of The World stars Peter Weller as an ex-cop newly released from prison; Weller travels with his estranged wife (Tia Carrere) to the title casino, where she works as an accountant for its wealthy and powerful owner (Dennis Hopper). Things go horribly awry, however, when a series of goons robs the casino, leading to numerous scenes in which poorly differentiated groups of thugs fire at one another to the accompaniment of screaming guitar solos. Top Of The World boasts a much better cast than most direct-to-video action films; participants include such recognizable character actors as David Alan Grier, Joe Pantoliano, and Peter Coyote. But good cast aside, Top Of The World is a depressingly perfunctory little film that lacks even the B-movie kineticism Furie brought to his last film with Carrere, the surprisingly enjoyable Thomas Ian Griffith vehicle Hollow Point. Furie's direction is lackluster here, but he's not helped by a screenplay that lurches from one incomprehensible action sequence to another, displaying little grasp of character motivation or the basic rules of cause and effect. Weller can be a fascinating actor when he's given good material, but when he's cast as a generic action hero, he's so understated that he frequently seems on the verge of taking a nap. Unfortunately, that's the case in this underwhelming movie.