I agree; I was prepared for the throwing around terms like CDO and 1% treasury bonds, which they do, with no context or the wrong context, but I can live with that as most people won't have any idea. I was also prepared for it to be reactionary communist propaganda, which it borders on but does have some of the smarter characters fighting against.
I was a little prepared for Labouef to be weak, because I read a review prior to seeing it; my god though, nothing can prepare you for how poor the character is and how badly he performs it. He is absolutely the opposite of what he should have been; we are suppose to buy him as being the tough guy because he rides Italian motorcycles? Fucking hell.
He comes across as a weak and whiny piece of shit, which might have been intentional as more anti-capitalist propaganda.
I actually thought Douglas was decent, he saves some of the scenes, but mostly on his personality overcoming a poor script. The main bad guy is pretty interesting at times, but is too one dimensional and cartoonish to be truly good.
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