Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Directed by Oliver Stone
- drama
- crime
The story
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: 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.
What it’s like
Glossy, saturated digital imagery of Manhattan at night: glass towers reflected in dark water, trading floors bathed in cold fluorescent white and sickly green screens, with Oliver Stone's restless handheld camera and jump cuts keeping the frame jittery and crowded. Gilded penthouses and bright bank lobbies give way to grimy subway platforms and rain-slick streets, and the score pulses with synth and electronic percussion that lands like a rising pulse. The vibe is anxious, cynical and hard-edged, with a flicker of wry style, a film to watch with the lights on rather than as a drifting late-night companion. Its pacing is brisk and talky, with many fast-cut phone calls and boardroom confrontations, and its emotional arc follows a conflicted young trader pulled between ambition and loyalty while an aging, unrepentant schemer slowly reveals a grudging sense of conscience. Intensity is moderate: some shouting, a few tense confrontations, a brief violent moment, and sexual innuendo that stays mostly verbal, with no gore. It suits viewers who enjoy financial thrillers, sharp dialogue and cautionary stories about greed, and who don't mind a loud, fast, cluttered look.
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