Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Hollywood serves as a quintessential representation of unrestrained capitalism in America, where the principles of profit often overshadow artistic innovation. This environment has led to a proliferation of remakes, sequels, and reboots, primarily because they are more cost-effective than developing original stories. Ironically, this capitalistic logic was applied even to a film that critiques capitalism itself—Oliv…

The 23 years between the original Wall Street and this sequel make GT's schedule look like a soap opera production line, but that long wait was just excellent timing. The first film was an operatic exposure of '80s excess; now, Stone has returned to sniff around the post-bubble ruins. Michael Douglas is back as Gordon Gekko, the former messiah of self-interest, now apparently reformed by a lengthy stint in jail for…