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Wall Street 2 review
:. Director: Oliver Stone
:. Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf
:. Script: Allan Loeb
:. Running Time: 2:07
:. Year: 2010
:. Country: USA
:. Official Site: Wall Street 2
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The crisis is here! The economic one, of course, but more importantly Oliver Stone's crisis of inspiration. Riding the wave of the Great Depression, the old rogue brings back an encore to Wall Street shot in 1987. We find once again Gordon Gekko, the shady investor from the first film, leaving eight years behind bars for his financial maneuverings. Abandoned by everyone, including his daughter, he expects to return to the front of the stage. Meanwhile, a brilliant young trader (Shia Labeouf, insipid), who is a bit idealistic, who lives with his daughter (Carey Mulligan, transparent and candid), will cross his path and be double crossed, before getting revenge.
It is clear, Wall Street 2, spares us no Hollywood clichés. A wealthy banker as a villain (Josh Brolin, flawless), a love story with a happy ending worthy of the worst romantic comedies, a fallen hero who finds redemption (Michael Douglas, fake), all served up by flashy directing that highlights its own metaphors: a curve from the stock exchange drawing itself on top of the skyscrapers here, and dominoes along the windows of glass towers over there, without forgetting soap bubbles portraying the imminent explosion of the markets, or still the cameos-the appearance of Charlie Sheen, who played the young talent in the first round.
Extremely chatty, the film wants to be educational, using aphorisms and lousy theories on evolution, displaying the list of usual accessories (cigars, designer suits, spoiled children hobbies), forcing the characteristics to the edge of caricature, and plunging the uninitiated into the mysteries of the Stock Market in total confusion. We understand the message, the condemnation of the system, but we do not believe it for one second. Stone loses the viewer along the way by drowning him in Dow Jones numbers, and his plot as his plea leave an aftertaste of insincerity. In the end, Wall Street 2 collapses as quickly as the action. The subtitle of the film announced that money never sleeps. The money perhaps, but instead, the viewer...
Moland Fengkov
Translated into English by Christina Azarnia
 Cannes film festival 2010
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