Rogue Trader
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Movie Reviews of Rogue Trader
Movie Review: Excellent Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie. Ewan McGregor was awesome. It shows exactly what can happen if you get too greedy and that you can't borrow from one thing to try to cover another without dire consequences. I highly recommend this film to everyone.Movie Review: A great and unique movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This a great movie with a great star Ewan Mcgregor !He acted perfectly ! Thank you for doing such great, funny, sad, stressful, rich and unique movie ! special thanks to the super star Ewan Mcgregor !
Movie Review: A splendid and convincing job
Summary: 4 Stars
ROGUE TRADER, strangely released in movie form only in
1999, (quite a few years after the actual events occurred,
back in early to mid 1990's) tells the tale, in a
simplistic and perhaps, glamorous manner, of the financial
disaster that destroyed Barings Bank, of London, England.
Ewan McGregor does a splendid and convincing job, playing
Nick Leeson, while the lovely Anna Friel plays his spouse.
The story is told very well, from starting to end, and
humanly inter-mixes the personal with the professional
aspects of Leeson's life, evidently to take the point of
view of the perpetrator and make the fraudster more
likeable, more excusable, perhaps more like everyone else in the
general public. To make the movie less tecnical, less
calculating in the devastation sewn by Leeson among the
general public, such as the bank itself collapsing, and the
former employees losing their livelihoods, the story has
to shows the bright side to all this.
On the one hand, the movie is simplistic, and suceeds
in entertaining the viewers, for the duration of the
movie, courtesy of the actors, and well organized sets
that are filmed realistically, keeping the action moving.
Unfortunately, movies like these do nothing to suggest in
the minds of the public that something needs to be done to
prevent the repetition of similar acts of misconduct, and
they forget to underline the seriousness of the behavior
that occurred. Much like gamblers at the casino, who often
didn't have trouble earning their petro-dollars and have
no qualms in losing much or all of it, Leeson as a commodities
speculator, saw no error in doing the same thing, gambling
on commodities, and losing almost all of it, despite some
obvious trading acumen.
Worth the rental, with merit to the actors.
Movie Review: How one man broke Bearings Bank
Summary: 4 Stars
This film tells the true story of Nick Leeson, the floor trader on Simex exchange,Singapore, who singly handedly broke Barings Bank, in the mid '90's. Of how one mans ambition was overcome by pressures, and in turn, reckless gambling. An incredible aspect of this case was how Leeson covered up for so long, and fooled so many, who it seemed, were so wrapped up in their own company rhetoric they simply wanted to believe in Leeson. The regional manager in Singapore had never even heard of the name of the brokerage house Leeson used to "invent" a trade to cover the missing and ever increasing deficit being incured in the "88888" account, a supposed customer account, but in reality, an back office error account.
The pace of the story is very well done here. My only gripe is, for a film with excellent supporting cast, why did they take so little care over the choice of the leading players? Ewan McGreggor is convincing as Leeson only when the sickly scenes with his wife are not on screen, the hoplessly miscast Lisa.
Some may find the numerous and fast financial terms not easy to follow. But a fascinating story, with great use of background music.
Movie Review: Rogue Trader: Real-Life ~Wall Street~
Summary: 4 Stars
For viewers more interested in this story, I suggest Nick Leeson's autobiography which the film is based upon. The book has valuable nuggets like his claim that the BoE's report(him, the lone scapegoat)and the SFO's inquiry were canards lacking the due diligence of the Singaporean investigation & subsequent report.
"Most of us enter the investment business for the same sanity-destroying reasons a woman becomes a prostitute: It avoids the menace of hard work, is a group activity that requires little in the way of intellect, and is a practical means of making money for those with no special talent for anything else."
--Richard Ney, 'The Wall Street Jungle'