Oliver Stone supplies us with a not to flattering look at the capitalist system. He ultimately proves to be the key to the solution to the problem of the speculating wolf of Wall Street. But he's playing him like a piccolo as we soon find out.ĭarryl Hannah has a nice role as the trophy woman Douglas fixes for Sheen, but the performance I like is that of Terrence Stamp as the British tycoon who has a no holds barred rivalry with Douglas. When Sheen brings him information about the airline that his father works maintenance for, Douglas makes a bundle and brings Sheen into his circle. He also had a night school diploma, but rose to the top of his company through hard work and being completely ruthless. When he talked about his City College background and his father's background which seems remarkably similar to Sheen's it reminded me of Fredric March from Executive Suite. Douglas is at once, charming, egocentric, shrewd, and ruthless. So he looks to ingratiate himself with the biggest fish of all, speculator Gordon Gekko.įor Michael Douglas, Gordon Gekko has been the career role of his life, netting him the Best Actor Oscar for 1987 that eluded his father Kirk in three tries. Inpatient with working in a brokerage house where he's barely breaking even paying for his yuppie lifestyle in Manhattan, Sheen wants to swim with the big fish.
He's a child of the Eighties and wants to make money fast and live the good life.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 9 / 10 Speculating WolfĪs Bud Fox in Wall Street, Charlie Sheen knows only one thing, he does not want the life his blue collar father and real life father Martin Sheen has.
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