assault on wall street was basically a remake of death wish, with wall street bankers in the role of the heartless thugs. i know we were all supposed to identify with the way the evil bankers screwed over the hapless hero guy, but the thing i kept thinking to myself was that if you do not bother to educate yourself about the things you are doing with your money, then maybe you should not be surprised if something bad happens. for example, if you obtain an adjustable rate mortgage, then you had better not be surprised when the rate gets adjusted. it is right there in the name.
it was hard to sympathize with the protagonist because he apparently signed up for every bad-idea investment possible and did not read a goddamn one of the papers he signed. this is not very compassionate of me, but i kind of feel like people need to take responsibility for educating themselves about things that are of critical importance to them. i also feel that if they do not get around to educating themselves, then they do not get to take it out on others. i especially feel that murder should be right out, and i am greatly displeased by a film that depicts this kind of behavior in a favourable light.
assault on wall street gets one cop who looks the other way, like an asshole.
assault on wall street gets one cop who looks the other way, like an asshole.
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