"I remember a picture of a lawnman next to his Ferrari, and I'm really incoherent. You don't believe it, but it sowed the seeds for you to believe it. You turn on the TV and you see more... 87 million Lottery winner; child actor made 20 million in last movie; dotcoms soaring. If you start early, you can make big money. All I have to do is, start. I don't want to be an innovator, I just want to make a quick buck, I just want to join in..."
The rhythm of the whole film is very fast, and at the same time it is a little suspenseful. The storyline advances step by step, unfolding the truth of the story bit by bit. The protagonist is a smart, but a little out of the way, a school dropout. He originally ran a small illegal underground casino. Because he was spurned by his father, who is a judge, he had to find a decent job. - stockbrokers. But unfortunately, his career change just jumped from a brazier into a bigger fire pit. Unknowingly, he was recruited by the department manager who was well-dressed and drove a Ferrari, and became a broker under his group, but he did not know that the stocks he bought were really just junk stocks with a lot of moisture, and the customers who bought the stocks eventually will suffer heavy losses.
As a financial practitioner, the film does describe, in part, a day at work as a stockbroker. However, in the process of watching the movie, I had a feeling that I couldn't watch it anymore. The stockbrokers in the film lie about their identity, age, and even their marriage history, just to win the trust of their clients. Every day's hot phone sales are just selling lies, and those fictitious insider information is just a gimmick to attract customers to buy stocks. When stocks tumbled, those brokers used a variety of methods to prevent clients from selling stocks or even keep them adding to their positions. The various actions in the film challenge my professional ethics, and also satirize the malpractices and shady scenes in the financial industry. After watching this movie, I just feel angry and ashamed. It is undeniable that there are many exaggerated places in the film, but it does reveal the shady business of illegal operations.
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