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Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps

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In cinemas from Sept 23

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Oliver Stone's sequel to his zeitgeist-capturing 1987 corporate thriller isn't so much a movie as a parade of macho aphorisms in designer suits. Most of those quips come from disgraced stockmarket raider Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Lurking around the edges of the plot, Gekko still somehow drives it.

With fresh perspective from his time in the pokey, Gekko senses the looming GFC. Amid the chaos, he pits idealistic alt-energy financier Jake Stone (Shia LaBeouf) against Gekko's former adversary, the sleek, dangerous Bretton James (Josh Brolin). Engaged to Gekko's estranged daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan), Jake thinks he's gaining a father figure. He's really cruising for a smackdown, which Gekko delivers as if disciplining a puppy with a rolled-up newspaper.

Stone's loose grip on pace and focus means the story streams past like a stock-exchange ticker; the preposterous ending feels like a narrative bailout. However, the film's sweet spots are when it seems to sigh and succumb to its underlying fascination with Rich People Things. Stone's camera lingers on plush Manhattan interiors, glimmering jewels at a black-tie fundraiser, and especially on Douglas's craggy, ruined, but still imperious face. It's as if Stone finally realises why people love his avaricious quipster.