Pursuits
Greedy Hedge Funder Revives Gekko in ‘Supercapitalist’
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If movies were rated like debt, “Supercapitalist” would be a junk bond. Cluttered with cliches, unmemorable performances and a clunky script, this film is no “Wall Street” or “Margin Call.” Hyped as a financial thriller, it’s unlikely to fare better than Facebook’s botched IPO.
The movie opens with New York hedge-fund supremo Mark Patterson (Linus Roache from “Law & Order”) telling potential investors that Hong Kong is the world’s new financial frontier. Hello? This is 2012, not 1992.