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So much average

People are voting emotionally.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Oliver Schmuck regurgitates his first film about Wall Street.Gordon Gekko (Mikel Dumbass) gets out of prison and roams around bumping into erratic characters like his daughter, a young punk played by Sheeza LaGoof, and even Bud Fox (Charlie Stain), who is so different from the Bud Fox we know in the original film, they should have called him something else.Extremely boring and ultimately lost production trying to cash in on the success of the first film, Wall Street (1987).Pass on this dud.... and if you see Oliver Schmuck, kick him in the butt.

In this follow-up to his outstanding WALL STREET, Oliver Stone does a serviceable job but ultimately, the film buckles underneath the weight of its unfocused narrative. The performances are generally good, with stellar showings all around. Shia LaBeouf shows that he has the chops to potentially carry his own movie, although most of the heavy lifting is done by Michael Douglas and Josh Brolin (the dual antagonists). Quality-wise, nothing is particularly egregious (although the flashy editing was a little distracting). It's that the film tries to do too much. There's enough material here for at least a couple films, and the romantic subplot could have been eliminated with little cost to the overall story arc. On one hand, you have the background in the 2008 financial crisis, and on the other you have Gordon Gekko's path back to the top (which would have been the most appropriate story-line to focus on). There's a lot to say, and despite all of the financial jargon which can be hard to understand, it does have good points when looking back at the 2008 financial crisis in retrospect. Too bad that all of this isn't particularly germane to the story Oliver Stone seemed to be going for, and maybe this movie wasn't the best avenue for all of that material. To its detriment, this doesn't really start to feel like a "Wall Street" sequel until about three quarters of the way through. It's a good movie, but had some more restraint been shown in editing, it could have been much better than it was.

This is the perfect example of a movie that could have been great, but was wasted by a very bad written plot, lack o rhythm and casting mistakes. Some points that make this movie unworthy seeing: Jake Moore is a very problematic and confusing character. First thing, Shia LaBeouf should never have got this role. I don't think he is a bad actor, but he just doesn't convince as bad ass stock trader making millions in bonuses. At some point, Bretton asks him if he is an environmentalist or a capitalist. That's a good question that should have been answered before writing the plot, not during the movie (and it's never answered anyway)Jake starts the movie angering for revenge against Bretton, than he gets a job from him, leaves revenge aside and tries to obtain money for a fusion energy project. When it doesn't come, he just scolds Bretton, quits the job (wouldn't it be smarter to keep it, since he wanted avengement?) and is back to retaliation again. Those sudden changes of attitude just make the movie boring and dull, it would have been much better if the screenwriters just picked a storyline and sustained it. Winnie Gekko is a real pain in the ass. She just moves around with that sorrowful face, weeping and complaining about everything. She doesn't' believe her father, than she forgives him, he robs her and is forgiven again in the end, just because he gives 100 million to that lousy fusion project (money that belonged to her in the first place!). Senseless and pokey, like everything else. The only thing that could have saved this movie is Michael Douglas, a magnificent actor whose talent was wasted by poor lines and a somehow displaced character in the plot. His interaction with Winnie is tedious to the bone, and every time I saw both of them in the screen I felt like using the fast-forward button. The scene were he speeches to the audience (and no actor is better at speeches than Michael) was ruined by lousy edition. Why didn't they just wrote some good lines and let him do his trick? What a waste. The movie is also full of inconsistencies: Bretton knows Jake hates him and blames him for the suicide of his mentor. Jake spreads false rumors in the market that gives him massive losses and what does he do? Sends some thugs to beat him? Burns him so he will never get another job? Punches him in the face? No! He gives him a job, so that he can have access to his business and squelch him up faster. Gordon Gekko turns 100mil in 1 billion in a few months after the 2008 crisis! The movie is full of graphical animations showing stock market numbers and a fusion power plant project, which, IMHO, are completely displaced in a Wall Street financial drama and would be more suitable in an action/science fiction movie. To finish, the scene that got me laughing hard: Jake tries to gain the sympathy of the Chinese tycoon by giving him… Johnny Walker Blue!!! He probably tossed it in the trash. All said, Wall Street: Money never sleeps is, considered on its own, just a bad and tedious movie. If compared to the original Wall Street, it's a disaster. Bad one, Oliver.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a great movie with a really well thought out storyline and a very talented cast.I know a lot of people were disappointed by this movie compared to the original Wall Street,but I honestly preferred,because the other one had a very dark setting to it that I didn't like,a lot of people probably did,and I also preferred Gordon Gekko as as a person in this.It felt very different,because the first one really felt like a Sheen family movie,since Charlie Sheen is the main character and Martin Sheen plays a role in it as well,its completely different in this,although I was happy they gave Charlie Sheen a cameo as Bud Fox and lets us know what happened to him after the events of Wall Street.I was also really impressed with Shia LaBeouf,its the first time I could take him seriously as an actor.I really don't see what critics problem was with this movie,I really enjoyed it and feel people who enjoyed Wall Street will like this too,it takes place exactly where the first left off,and Michael Douglas is as good as ever.After he is released from prison,Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) meets up with the man who is going to marry his daughter,and also has similar business problems that Bud Fox had,Gordon helps him out with his own business skills.Meanwhile,Gordon try's to win back his daughters love.