Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street Money Never Sleeps

Synopsis

As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with a disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission. The intention is to alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader’s mentor.

Official Site: www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com

Singapore Release Date: 23 September 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 127 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan

Crew: Director (Oliver Stone), Producer (Oliver Stone, Edward R. Pressman, Michael Douglas, Eric Kopeloff’ Alessandro Camon, Celia D. Costas), Writers (Stephen Schiff, Bryan Burrough), Screenplay (Allan Loeb), Music (Craig Armstrong), Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)

The Trailer

The Review

I grew up envying the character Gordon Gekko. He was the epitome of money, greed, and power. There’s a life-lesson that was to be learned from the original 1987 Wall Street, but the 2010 edition, well albeit it’s more slick, overall it was a dull watch for me.

The downfall is probably the weak script, where the plot has such an outlandish outcome, and I didn’t like it. What a disappointing production considering the kind of talent that was on-board.

The fine cast was brilliant in their acting, and I just wish Susan Sarandon had more on-screen time.

It was just so hard to keep up with the storyline, as it was too dry, and you’ll easily get bored. What not, with all the stock market jargons. Probably one of the worst sequel I’ve seen so far this year.

The Good

• Charlie Sheen cameo scene
• Strong supporting roles

The Bad

• Cheap melodrama
• What’s with the plentiful cityscape shots

Editor’s Ratings