Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Film)

The sequel to the 1987 movie Wall Street looks at the old-fashioned idea of what money can and cannot buy, with a predictable storyline based on greed.

In Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) has been to jail for securities fraud and money laundering. He is now free and wants everything - including money and fame - back, even at the expense of his relationship with his daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan).

It's hard to watch a father getting close to his daughter just for the money, even in a movie. But that is what director Oliver Stone wants to show you.

Winnie's fianc? Jake Moore (Shia LeBeouf), an up-and-coming trader, is no better.

He loves his girlfriend, but he lies to her to gain access to her money, hoping to use it for a green investment project that he thinks will make him a fortune.

The film is realistic in the way it reveals how human desires work: no matter what, it all comes down to the same principle - no matter how much we have, we always want more.