Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

This is another great film that I saw this weekend! It is a sequel to the film Wall Street that came out in 1987. Before you see the sequel to the movie, make sure that you watch the first one. Even though you will still be able to fully enjoy the second film on its own, it still really helps to see the first because you are able to pick up on a lot of scenes that reflect back to the original, and you will be able to understand the plot a bit better. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" deals with four main characters throughout the film. Gordan Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, is released from prison on October 22, 2002, after an eight-year prison sentence for illegal insider trading and security fraud. Jake Moore, played by Shia Lebeouf, is a Manager at a well-known stock brokerage firm called Keller Zabel Investments. His girlfriend, Winnie Gekko who is played by Carey Mulligan, is the daughter of Gordan Gekko, who she has refused to ever involve herself with, ever since her brother’s death while he was in jail. Winnie's brother killed himself under substance abuse, and she blamed her father for it because she believed her brother committed suicide thanks to the lost connection of his father while in jail. One other main character is Bretton James, who is played by Josh Brolin, and is a CEO of Churchill Schwartz, a competing brokerage firm with Keller Zable Investments.

When Gordan Gekko is released from jail, no one, including his own daughter, ends up coming to pick him up. He realizes that he has been slowly forgotten over the years and this is something he will remember throughout the movie, leading to quite the twist. The movie jumps to the year 2008 where right off the bat, you are able to quickly figure out Winnie's hate for her father just as Jake turns the Television on with Gordan Gekko advertising his new book, "Is Greed Good?” Jakes boss, Luis Zabbel who is played by Frank Langella, ends up giving Jake a huge raise of nearly 1.5 million dollars, in thanks for all his help as a great, loyal employee and friend. Due to the stock market crash that same year, Luis Zabbel is forced to either sell his company at a terrible price to his hated rival, Bretton James, or declare bankruptcy. Luis Zabbel becomes very depressed and eventually leads to committing suicide in a subway, before work. This was extremely hard on Jake, seeing as though Luis Zabbel was like a fatherly figure to him. Jake later on decides to take Luis's advice in the beginning of the movie, proposing to Winnie, and she happily accepts. After secretly meeting with his soon to be father-in-law, Gordon Gekko, he announces his proposal and tries to make the effort to reunite Gekko with his daughter, Winnie. Later on Gordan Gekko helps to convince Jake to get pay back on Bretton James and his brokerage firm, for in his mind, murdering Luis Zabbel. The movie begins to get better and better, and it eventually leads to quite a twisting plot. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in seeing it after reading this article. Here's a short preview of the movie: "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps". Trust me, you'll love it!