Three Days in Vegas "The Screenplay" was originally written before the book itself. There are variations in the story of the screenplay compared to the book. "Close friends from the Midwest embark on their first trip to Las Vegas looking for fun and excitement. Only to find themselves in a different kind of excitement, as one mistakenly witnesses a mob hit." This screenplay has been, in a sense, compared to the motion picture, "Very Bad Things" written and directed by Peter Berg.