Wall Street (1987)
 Oliver
Stone's souped-up, morality melodrama hammers away with ferocity
at corporate raiders, insider trading, stock manipulation and
other questionable practices involving big business in the 80s
"Greed is Good" decade.
Michael Douglas marshals his ultimate acting skills as the
slippery, corrupt, company takeover pirate, Gordon Gekko, who
manipulates a novice stockbroker, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), also
moved by greed and power.
His ethos is to break companies apart because they are
"breakable".
What the traders in Wall Street do is illegal, immoral and
unethical - but they justify their actions with platitudes such as
"Nobody gets hurt", "Everybody's doing it",
"There's something in this deal for everybody" and
"Who knows except us?".
The topical film is often a tad overly sensational, but,
nevertheless it packs a powerful bottom line with a blue chip
punch.
Right, Buddy Boy?
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