This week came the most awaited sequel to the 1987 classic Wall Street.

While the original film revolved around Wall Street and the financial market, this film seemed to be more centered on the ‘Gordon Gekko’ character rather than Wall Street itself.

Michael Douglas steals the show anyways.. Very great performance in his 60’s. More impressive was the script and dialogues. I don’t know who wrote it but there are many amazing one-liners and quotes in the movie.

I dint like the Bretton James character. Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan have done a fairly good job. 

Other than Douglas there is nothing awe-inspiring about the movie. If you remember the original story was gripping from the start to the end. The originals had a lot more that the sequel did not have. We had the wonderful Marvin in the original and the young traders/stock brokers were much spirited. Here in the sequel it’s a group of oldies talking seriously and there is no humour or a jolly moment in the movie.

There is a brief moment where Charlie Sheen makes an appearance as Bud Fox and that’s one of the highlights of the movie that evoked much cheer and applause among the audience. Many remembered the famous quote – Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel… It was a Déjà Vu moment.

Coming to content, there is the usual ‘Strong Language’ stuff as it is very common in Michael Douglas starrers. In fact, in one of the very first dialogues for Douglas in this movie has the four-letter word. However they  have reduced the graphical vulgarity compared to the original, which is good.

Many of the important scenes are revealed in the trailer itself. The trailer is not a good teaser frankly I don’t want to reveal the story or plot here.. Go watch the movie and enjoy. It does not disappoint. Sequels are usually boring as the emphasize and repeat the popular moments from the original. But this one is much much better for a sequel. It was truly entertaining. (May be because the gap is huge.. 23 years!!). I loved watching it.

Watched it with English Subs in the theatre, which is not usual. Thanks to PVR Chennai for screening with the subs.

samjosh

P.S. You must watch the original 1987 Wall Street if you haven’t, before watching this one. Otherwise you would not enjoy the movie as much.

TRIVIA : The title comes from the following moment in the original: After Bud Fox gives the first Insider information to Gekko, Gekko is happy and he calls Bud early one morning (around 4-30 am) and says ‘This is the wake-up call for you sport, money never sleeps…’ etc (When he walking on a beach watching a sunrise).