Supercapitalist

Linus Roache in Supercapitalist

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<strong>Rating: </strong>1/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>3/5
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Time Out says

Tue Aug 7 2012

A morality play set in the high-stakes world of international finance, Simon Yin’s torn-from-yesterday’s-headlines drama follows hotshot New York hedge funder Connor Lee (Derek Ting) as he joins a Hong Kong outfit dead set on taking over a top family-run corporation. Lensed with a tiresome gloss meant to mimic the seduction of the Asian metropolitan high life and filled with clumsily didactic talking points and inadequate performances, Supercapitalist chugs along as we wait for our hero’s inevitable change of conscience. But mostly, this DOA movie is an excuse to hammer home that there’s more to life than making a shit-ton of money. Take that, Wall Street!

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Fri Aug 10 2012

Duration:

101 mins

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Rated as: 3/5 (6 ratings)
  • I enjoyed this movie a lot. Heard about it from this article: http://bit.ly/scnytimes

    John Mon Sep 17 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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    alphaimageloader in Sat Sep 15 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • yeah.. a guy named "Bradley Kidneys" gives it 1 star without saying anything else. Soon "John Liver" drunk on vodka will be making his comments... buddy, did you even watch the film?

    jayson chan Tue Aug 14 2012
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  • I agree with Jayson Chan: 'simply not a five star film'. I also very much disagree with Jayson Chan: 'but not a 1 star film'. That's precisely what it is.

    Bradley Kidneys Fri Aug 10 2012
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • When I first saw this movie I thought it could have used more solid acting by the supporting cast and a smoother storyline. My favorite was Linus roache and the two older Chinese guys who I've seen in alot of hong kong movies. The worst character was the little boy, which I wonder why most of his lines were "really"? Almost as much as "bro" Like really! Being derek ting's first movie, he did a pretty decent job. And then when I read the Forbes article that the budget was 600k , or like 10% of Margin Calls's budget, the question is if it's as good as Margin Call, I think for the money spent it held up on its own despite it's obvious shortcomings. And this is from the "Asian perspective". The commenter actually does live in hong kong... So simply not a five star film but not a 1 star film. When actual film critics from Asia review this film, they'll see how the story actually reflects the family feud atmosphere family owned publicly traded companies...(ie: google "sun hung Kai " brothers scandal) and maybe american critics will add more stars to this (but definitely not four more)... A movie worth watching....

    Jayson chan Fri Aug 10 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • When I first saw this movie I thought it could have used more solid acting by the supporting cast and a smoother storyline. My favorite was Linus roache and the two older Chinese guys who I've seen in alot of hong kong movies. The worst character was the little boy, which I wonder why most of his lines were "really"? Almost as much as "bro" Like really! Being derek ting's first movie, he did a pretty decent job. And then when I read the Forbes article that the budget was 600k , or like 10% of Margin Calls's budget, the question is if it's as good as Margin Call, I think for the money spent it held up on its own despite it's obvious shortcomings. And this is from the "Asian perspective". The commenter actually does live in hong kong... So simply not a five star film but not a 1 star film. When actual film critics from Asia review this film, they'll see how the story actually reflects the family feud atmosphere family owned publicly traded companies...(ie: google "sun hung Kai " brothers scandal) and maybe american critics will add more stars to this (but definitely not four more)... A movie worth watching....

    Jayson chan Fri Aug 10 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • When I first saw this movie I thought it could have used more solid acting by the supporting cast and a smoother storyline. My favorite was Linus roache and the two older Chinese guys who I've seen in alot of hong kong movies. The worst character was the little boy, which I wonder why most of his lines were "really"? Almost as much as "bro" Like really! Being derek ting's first movie, he did a pretty decent job. And then when I read the Forbes article that the budget was 600k , or like 10% of Margin Calls's budget, the question is if it's as good as Margin Call, I think for the money spent it held up on its own despite it's obvious shortcomings. And this is from the "Asian perspective". The commenter actually does live in hong kong... So simply not a five star film but not a 1 star film. When actual film critics from Asia review this film, they'll see how the story actually reflects the family feud atmosphere family owned publicly traded companies...(ie: google "sun hung Kai " brothers scandal) and maybe american critics will add more stars to this (but definitely not four more)... A movie worth watching....

    Jayson chan Fri Aug 10 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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