Review of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) by Dc E — 07 Feb 2012

"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" 10 Scale Rating: 4.5 (Below Average) ...

Yeah, they probably should have just left this one alone.

Gordon Gekko, the antagonist in the first film, is painted as sort of an anti-hero for the majority of this one. After doing time for insider trading and other crimes, he becomes a best selling author. When a young Wall Street trader proposes to his estranged daughter, he agrees to take him under his wing. Partially so that the up and comer can get revenge for the death of his mentor, and partially so that he can try to be in his daughter's life again.

Wow, as I was typing that it sounded far more interesting than the movie actually was. Heh.

First of all, the movie can be confusing. If you're not much for the stock market, you won't have a clue about anything they are talking about. Even if you dabble, portions of the movie will STILL confuse you. I like to consider myself a smart guy so I was able to get the general idea, but admit that I didn't know what they were talking about half the time.

The first movie didn't have this problem. It was able to get the point across with less jargon and insider babble. This one tried too hard to be slick and cool and ends up losing most of it's audience instead.

I also found it hard to get into Shia LeBeouf's character. I wasn't sympathetic to his cause most of the time and thought he was pretty much a snake. Lastly, the ending appalled me. It wasn't believable and Gekko's actions go against his very character so much that it just wasn't plausible.