This sequel to the 1987 classic – ‘Wall Street’ which won Michael Douglas an Oscar sees the Hollywood veteran returning to star with relative newcomer Shia LaBeouf (of Transformers and Eagle Eye fame).

In 2001, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), having served his time for securities fraud, money laundering and racketeering, steps outside the gates of a Federal Correctional Facility a changed man.  No one is there to meet him, not even his daughter Winnie, from whom he is estranged, nor any of his Wall Street colleagues, who have kept busy during his absence amassing ever-larger fortunes.  After years of imprisonment for his misdeeds and no longer the king of Wall Street, Gekko is now alone, and an outsider.

In 2008 Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf), a smart young proprietary trader, is making millions at the venerable Keller Zabel Investments, run by Louis Zabel (Frank Langella), Jacob’s mentor.  Jacob’s girlfriend, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), meanwhile, is supportive of his drive – fueled by an idealism she finds lacking in her father Gordon – to invest in green energy.

However a financial crisis forces Jacob to seek Gekko who, realizing the opportunity to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter Winnie forms an alliance with her fiancé Jacob. But can Jacob and Winnie really trust the ex-financial titan, whose relentless efforts to redefine himself in a different era have unexpected consequences.

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS is a story of money at all costs, and the people who will do anything to gain entrée into that most exclusive club of great wealth and power.  At the same time, it tells the story of a man’s desperate attempts to reconnect with his daughter – a connection threatened by his equally determined efforts to re-gain admission into a world that has left him behind.

Guess that’s why there’s the saying – “the love of money is the root of all evil”.