Review – Gaming Wall Street

It’s retail-stock-trading douchebros against the Wall Street elite in a battle that sadly can’t be lost by both sides. The story begins with a bunch of millennial investment nerds who caused some serious problems for a hedge fund that was shorting stock in Gamestop. Before it’s done, however, the scandal sheds some light on just how much of our economy is based on fraudulent transactions by some of America’s “too big to fail” financial institutions. The production loses a star for a completely unnecessary bear hunting sequence, but otherwise it’s fascinating, unnerving stuff. Mildly amusing