Wall Street Money Never Sleeps - Is It Good?

"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is the story of a young stock trader looking to cash in big while the stock market prepares to collapse around him. Director Oliver Stone follows up his 1987 film "Wall Street" with this story of greed, love, and the market. Michael Douglas stars as Gordon Gekko in a reprise of the character from the original film. This time, Gekko has just been released from prison and is trying to get his feet wet in the waters of Wall Street once again. Shia LaBeouf stars as Jacob, the fiancé of Gekko's daughter, Winnie. The plot thickens when Jacob's mentor dies; a death that Jacob thinks was caused by foul-play. In exchange for revenge on the alleged murderer, Jacob agrees to help Gekko reconcile differences with his estranged daughter.

This film is set 23 years after the original Wall Street film, and takes place in the tense days before the 2008 crash. Gekko tries to warn others of the imminent collapse of the sub-prime markets, but with no luck. Instead of worrying about the markets, Gekko begins focusing on repairing his relationship with his daughter.

The film will be released today, and is expected to be one of the best movies of the year. A $70 million budget was used for filming, some of which went to training Shia LaBeouf as a trader. LaBeouf enjoyed his role so much that he reportedly studied for and passed his Series 7 exam so that he can now legally trade stocks for others. During the shooting of this film, he was even given $1 million to trade with so that he could more effectively play his role.

This movie was filmed mostly at the Federal Reserve Building, rather than on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where the majority of the filming of the first movie took place. The Reserve Building was chosen because the majority of meetings regarding the 2008 crash were held there by important financial entities. Director Stone wanted the movie to be as true to real life as possible.

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