subject: Watch Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) Movie Online [print this page] Set in New York City, the film takes place 23 years after the original and revolves around the 2008 financial crisis. The film's plot mainly centers on the reformed Gekko acting as more of an antihero rather than a villain and follows his attempts to help Wall Street before its soon-to-be stock market crash as well as trying to repair his relationship with his daughter Winnie with the help of Jacob, Winnie's fiance. In return, Gekko helps Jacob get revenge on the man he blames for his mentor's death.
The film's story and screenplay were written by Bryan Burrough, Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff. The film was produced by Edward R. Pressman and Eric Kopeloff and executive produced by Alessandro Camen, Celia D. Costas, and Alex Young. On September 9, 2009, the film began principal photography in New York and finished filming on November 30, 2009.
Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison in 2002 after eight years behind bars. He leaves the prison hoping to find a car waiting for him but there is no one. He's alone.
Six years Later, Jacob "Jake" Moore (Shia Lebouf) is woken in his apartment by his girlfriend, Winnie (Carey Mulligan). Jake turns on the television and there is an interview with Gekko on the TV. Gekko has become an author and a lecturer promoting his new book "Is Greed Good?" Winnie gets upset and throws the remote at the TV after Jake doesn't turn it off. Winnie is Gekko's estranged daughter and wants nothing to do with him. Jake drives Winnie to the airport on his motorbike and she goes off to gather investors for her online political magazine.
Jake goes to work at Keller Zabel Investments, a banking institution. He tries to raise more money for a fusion research project which will be a viable source of alternative energy down the line but the rest of the board doesn't agree with him. Jake is one of the firm's top brokers and the protg of its owner, Louis Zabel (Frank Langella). Zabel has become disillusioned with the industry and doesn't understand how he can be told a loss is a profit. He gives Jake a 1.5 million dollar bonus and tells him to spend it and keep the economy going. Zabel also encourages Jake to marry Winnie and have a kid since he knows that growing old isn't for the weak and that Jake needs her.
Jake goes out to celebrate with his best friend and buys Winnie a ring. He mentions that Winnie doesn't really support marriage given the outcome of her parents but Jake knows that she loves him and he loves her. His friend asks about rumors that Keller Zabel is in danger, but Jake brushes it off.
The next day the company's stock starts crashing. Zabel doesn't come in to work so Jake goes and finds him walking his wife's dog in the park. Jake asks him if Keller Zabel is going to go under, but Zabel just tells him that he's asking the wrong question. The right question is: 'Who isn't going under?'
Zabel meets with the chairmen of the US Treasury at the Federal Reserve. He tries to arrange a bailout but he is blocked by Bretton James (Josh Brolin), a former businessman that Zabel had crossed 8 years prior when his company was going under. James insults Zabel by offering to buy Keller Zabel stock at 3 dollars a share (against its 75 dollar trading value from a week prior).
