Rogue Trader
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Movie Reviews of Rogue Trader
Movie Review: three stars for Rogue Trader
Summary: 3 Stars
The rogue trader of the movie is Nick Leeson who brought down the venerable 200-year-old Barings bank. Being based on his biography, the film is full of justification for his financial legerdemain -- his superiors were greedy, he was burdened with inexperienced staff, his wife of high expectations had a miscarriage that precipitated his final gambling run...
Ewan McGregor was uninspired in his playing the lead role and the first two-thirds of the film is a slog. The only reason I didn't rate it any lower is because the subject matter itself is interesting and towards the end the pace does pick up as you try to figure out how much longer Leeson can keep up the deception.
Movie Review: Good thriller!
Summary: 3 Stars
Good for an evenings entertainment. Predictable by nature. Well acted, reasonable apocalyptic score. If you liked this movie, check out "Dealers" with Rebecca De Mornay available only on VHS it would appear.Movie Review: Good Lead Actors, Decent Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
McGregor and Friel make a cute couple. While there's not a whole lot of depth, it is a fairly good translation of Nick Leeson's book.Movie Review: about this title of movie......
Summary: 3 Stars
The story of this movie is average but is banned in Singapore for good(not sure why).Movie Review: Greed, Arrogance, and Bad Jackets
Summary: 2 Stars
Unlike compelling stories of high finance and crime in films like the Thomas Crown Affair and Rollover, Rogue Trader purports to be the true story of Nick Leeson, a stock trader whose speculation brought down Barings, England's oldest bank. McGregor portrays Leeson as a charmer white collar criminal who ended up sentenced to six years in a Chinese prison for insider trading and fraud. Diagnosed with cancer, Leeson wrote his memoirs and low and behold it became a film. Ewan McGregor plays the self-absorbed, arrogant Leeson with his usual competence and energy. Anna Friel is his in the dark wife who yearns to be pregnant but can't interest her husband away from the trading floor. This is story of greed, larceny, and speculation on a grand scale. The film was never released in theaters but went straight to Showtime and has now been released for home sale. Skip it and rent it. Good acting, good story, but not a very compelling item for collectors of McGregor's work.