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very mediocre. good acting, Carey Mulligans character was unbelievably annoying, and the story is a giant mess. it's diverting and has some visual panache, but overall it was surprisingly soft and had no edge. the ending is more saccharine than anything in Secretariat. 4.5/10

Movies today for the most part do not really capture the light that is in the original. However this movie was truely a great movie and linked parts of the first movie very well into this movie. The ending however seems to end a bit early, just like the first one. I would of kind of liked to seen an epilogue to this movie. This probley is the final Wall St, it ended all the bad blood from the first movie quite well, could I see this being a great finish to Wall st? Yes. Could I see another take off on this movie based on Bertons demise and revenge? Yes. So either way I will leave this satisfied.

every character was someone you know. it played the human side and the complexity of what the world has become; and how different the game has become. wouldn't have changed a thing. truly brilliant. and this took shia to another level.

Totally agree with Chris G. This movie was a waste of time. Poor casting sunk this film. Shia LeBoeuf convinced Oliver Stone to cast his real-life girlfriend (Casey Mulligan) in a lead role. She was terrible. Annoying, pouty, crying - she just sucked the life out of the room everytime she was on screen. Other than Gekko, not enough likeable characters to hold your interest. Movie seemed like it would never end. Not enough Michael Douglas to save this mess. You will want to go see this hoping to see more of "Wall Street", but you'll be disappointed - trust me. The story is not cohesive, goes all over the place, and fails to deliver.

Saw it at a press screening here in Sweden few weeks ago. The acting is good, but the story is really weak. Very little happens. They use split screen editing and other tricks to try to cover the fact that it is basically a movie where people just sit around and talk. The motorcycle scene was fun, but evidently only forced into the movie to try to create some action. I haven't seen the first Wall Street, so it's possible that the sequel feels like a worthwhile movie to see if you're a fan of the first movie, but as a standalone film, I can't recommend it.

For someone who has seen the original Wall Street close to 20 times, MNS really didn't have any connection or relation to its original. First thing you can't help but notice about some of the actors and background artist is the geriatrics and bad plastic surgery? With Eli Wallach, you can pick your choice of either impression; from an embombed corpse who snuck out of his open casket or an resident at a retirement home given all the facial twitches in incoherent expressions he made. And god bless Sylvia Miles, but come on…..I loved it when we kept getting a glimpse of her shaky, arthritic hands! And what's up with her wig, reminds you of those jabbering monkeys wearing clothes playing people all lopsided! My guess is these were some of Ollies old cronies. The story was weak, Winnie who didn't exist during the original though she did have some Sean Young features, but, in my humble opinion it would have been better to keep Rudy alive. As for Josh Brolin's character - Bretton James being and looking the part of age 42 which would have made him the age of 19 during the original and 23 years old when he setup and testified against Gordon Gekko back in 1990. Plus his portrayal of an antagonistic wasn't strong enough nor convincing. Charlie Sheen's cameo didn't come off to well either. Coming off with smirking with two young attractive women on each of his side, you can't help but get the impression of a possible threesome somewhere in the bathroom later in the evening? And when Gekko asks Fox about how Bluestar Airlines is doing these days, he replies he sold it for more money! Uh….. wasn't that what Gekko originally wanted to do 23 years prior before Fox pulled the rug from under him?? I would have loved it if Bud Fox would have said "Blue Horseshoe loves Anacot Steel" instead of "Gordon Gekko". Enough said!

it sucked big time

I agree with most reviews it was flat, NO TENSION OR DESPERATION, which made the movie 30 minutes too long but it was not a complete dead loss.

The movie seems like a mish mosh of different stories. It seems as if the story was changed during filming as the whole subprime mortgage disaster took place as this movie was in production, and they than added in the collapse of the banks, but that really was not important to the story. It just added to the movie being disjointed and not not cohesive for me. It does not feel to be a sequel in anyway, other than the fact that Gekko is in it. Shia Leboufs character is already a success and this contrasts greatly with Bud Fox from the original who made himself into a success, albeit through insider info. I just thought it was an ok movie, not good or great, just ok.

I liked it! Wasn't as good as the first! I wish the movie had focused more on Gekko building his image back. I would have also loved a focus on the tension between James and Gekko. Brolin played his character very well, but I think a more heated battle would have been better. My scenario--Jake goes to work for James for two reasons: 1) To get revenge 2) To help Gekko get revenge The plot would have been more interesting if Jake was working for James undermining his business operations with Gekko pulling the strings.

Great movie! Great cast! Great performaces! Gekko is back and better than ever. This is a great sequel. Frank Langella role was short but awesome. Carey Mulligan delivered. It was just good. People need to understand the world has changed since 1987, so it couldn't be the same movie as the first one. By the way, it has a lot of good references to the first one though. It's still Wall Street. I even liked Charlie Sheen's cameo. C'mon, his character moved on, got successful after his jail time and is living another life. So it's undestandable that Buddy looks more relaxed and funny than in the first movie. The guy was up to a party with his 2 lady friends! I had a good laugh. @Hansom Ransom, I disagree with you. Bud Fox sold Blue Star after building it into a premiere airline in the country, not like what Gekko wanted to do in the first movie: turn it upside down, cut it in piece and sell each one cheap. Not exactly the same thing!!!

I walked out on this film. The first one was amazing. Save your time and money.

good movie~ I thought all the actors were great except for Carey Mulligan. She was just terrible.

What the hell is wrong with charlie sheen's face ? He looks nearly as old as Douglas in the movie. And the ending is too soft. I thought when Douglas takes the money and runs, I am going to kill Oliver Stone if the bad taste in my mouth remains when I walk out of the theatre. Gekko does redeem himself in one grand gesture to Winnie which was more suited to either a Bollywood song-and-dance movie or an aniston rom-com. I mean, come on, this is Gordon Gekko : His personality changes because he looks at an Ultrasound video ? For the 2nd time ? Josh Brolin I thought was excellent. Slimy, cold-blooded, reptilian- a worthy successor to Gekko. Again, to try and make bankers interesting, Stone has had Brolin and Labeouf riding motorbikes in the countryside : a bit too Bollywood . I am Indian : If I want to watch bullshit hero-idolising, I can watch a Hindi movie anytime.