Summary"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is a 2010 drama movie revolving around the high stakes world of banking and investing. Directed by Oliver Stone, the follow up to the 1987's "Wall Street", restores the infamous character Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas), a hustling financier who has just been launched from jail.
The PlotThe movie opens with Gekko being released after serving 8 years for cash laundering, racketeering, and securities fraud. With no one awaiting him outside, he steps into a significantly different financial landscape marked by the approaching 2008 recession.
On the other hand, young Wall Street trader Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf) is living an effective life, working for a significant bank, Keller Zabel Investments, and dating Gekko's estranged daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan). Nevertheless, Jacob's life takes a turn when Keller Zabel's founder Louis Zabel (Frank Langella), who likewise occurs to be Jacob's coach, devotes suicide after the firm's collapse due to the getting of bulk of stocks by competing bank Churchill Schwartz, headed by Bretton James (Josh Brolin).
Jacob, seeking vengeance, agrees to assist Gekko fix up with Winnie in exchange for Gekko's aid in reducing Bretton. Gekko teaches Jacob the hard truths of the corrupt monetary world, and together, they expose Bretton's function in Keller Zabel's failure through market control. However, Gekko betrays Jacob to reunite with Winnie, only to wind up losing her trust.
ConclusionAs the global economic crisis starts, with lots of losing their properties and jobs, Jacob's world comes crashing down. He loses his task and things begin to strain between him and Winnie due to the revelation about Gekko's betrayal. Nevertheless, Jacob does not give up and continues in his pursuit to expose the corruption entrenched in the monetary world.
Utilizing a $100 million trust fund left by Gekko to Winnie (which Gekko illegally transferred to a Swiss checking account), Jacob buys alternative energy research study aiming to reconstruct his profession. Meanwhile, Jacob secures a USB stick including proof of Bretton's misdeeds from Gekko's book representative and anonymously informs the authorities.
Reaction"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" explores the mechanics of market manipulation, financial corruption, and the unpredictable nature of the banking sector. It exposes the unscrupulous nature of the banking world while humanizing it by focusing on crucial characters included.
In the beginning glimpse, Gekko looks like a changed man, utilizing his experience to educate a more youthful generation. However, as the movie advances, the audience recognizes that Gekko is the exact same male driven by greed and revenge, reinforcing the first film's popular quote, "greed, for absence of a better word, is good". The movie also discuss problems like the function of regulators, the ethics of brief selling, and the cost of ecological sustainability in a profit-driven business environment.
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" got mixed reviews with appreciation for its vibrant approach in tackling controversial topics however criticism for its complex storytelling and characterization. Critics felt that the movie portrayed the essence of the monetary crisis well, although some felt it failed on dramatic impact. Overall, the motion picture works as a crucial commentary on the Wall Street's unregulated practices and the economic crisis of 2008.
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