Review: 'Wall Street Money Never Sleeps' might just put one to sleep

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps    PG  13            

            Oliver Stone returns to form in this sequel or follow up to the 1987 hit, Wall Street, casting Shia LaBeuof in the lead as the young upstart trader, in the role of Sheen from the first, and Michael Douglas as jailbird Gordon Gekko , trying to make ends meet as Wall Street crumbles in the turbulent stock market crash of 2008. The business with the bankers , brokers and insiders, and the new bad guy, Josh Brolin, seemed kind of overlong and plodding. As for newcomer actress Carey Mulligan, she did all right, but not once were you convinced LaBeouf was Sheen's replacement. They just cast him because he's in now. The triple cross in the film becomes pretty obvious from the moment Gekko tells Jake , the guy who hated me is over there, go get him, and from there is was just a commercial for bad stock deals and backroom hedge bets. Only the mentor and understudy thing is vaguely like the first film, and probably the only really interesting bit. I was similar to a TV reunion special for a beloved program from long ago, more than an actual sequel. Sheen and Douglas can play anything, but LaBeouf can only really play...hyperactive guy LaBeouf.         
Review by Adam Browne 
Review by Adam Browne