Michael Douglas returns to his Oscar winning role as the notorious villainous stock market juggernaut Gordon Gekko in the highly anticipated sequel of the 1987 Oliver Stone film, Wall Street.
After an eight-year sentence for insider trading and tax invasion, Gekko is released from prison to find himself broke and alone. Gekko appears to have turned a new leaf on life; he has changed his crooked ways and seeks to reconcile with his estranged daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan), who is engaged to Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf).
Moore is a young ambitious proprietary trader at investment bank, Keller Zabel. Moore’s mentor and head of Keller Zabel, Louis Zabel (Frank Lagella), commits suicide due to the downfall of his company caused by the “new age Gorden Gekko” hedge fund manager, Bretton James (Josh Brolin).
In an attempt to avenge his mentor and invest in fusion energy, Moore turns to Gekko for advice. Gekko agrees to help, but only if Moore assists him in rebuilding his relationship with Winnie. Winnie resents her father for the suicides of both her mother and brother and is skeptical to trust her father now that she is pregnant. She warns Moore to stay away from her father as he will only hurt them, but he egotistically disobeys her.
Gekko’s guidance enables Moore to sabotage James’ investment fund stock. Infuriated, yet intrigued, James sees a lot of potential in Moore and without knowledge of Moore’s involvement with Gekko, he hires Moore to work for him. Still bitter, Moore is setup to fail by James and is shortly there after fired.
With his eagerness to invest in fusion energy, Gekko manipulates Moore to persuade Winnie to sign over 100 million dollars in a Swiss bank account to him. Hesitant to do so, Winnie signs over the money to her father.
Can Winnie once again trust her father? Will Gordon Gekko do right or betrayed his family once again? Will Jacob Moore be able to take down Bretton James, the man he feels responsible for the death of his mentor? Check out Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps to find out in this great sequel.
The movie also features a great supporting cast including Vanessa Ferlito as Audrey, Susan Sarandon as Jake’s mother, Austin Pendleton as Dr. Masters, Eli Wallach as Jules Steinhardt, and a superb cameo appearance by Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox.