Wallstreet 2: We need more money - a review of WallStreet Money Never Sleeps

To call this movie a cash in is an insult to cash in's. There's no love here. No heart. It's like those involved just phoned in their performances. When your guest cameo is better than most of the acting in your movie, you have issues. Michael Douglas plays Michael Douglas, I mean Gordon Gecko a former wallstreet tycoon who to jail for insider trading. He got out in 2001 and then 7 years later He has a new book coming out. Also in 2008? Shia Lesuck's character has become an stock trader(or something more sophisticated than that, the movie is never really clear), and his girlfriend, Gecko's Daughter, is cranky all the time because while Gecko was in prison her mother went crazy(never clear), and her brother suicided(maybe?). Now early on I realized this movie was passing up all of the best opportunities for story. This movie plays it safe and only follows cliches. It never tries to be more, it never dares to be greater. This is why this movie is mediocre. It just wants to pretend. It doesn't even manage to live up to the first film. In fact, the overall message of this film is pure 180 of the first film's message. In the first film, greed is declared good but ultimately proves to be bad. In this film, everyone admits that greed is bad(and when they don't we are obviously meant to believe they are the villain) but ultimately greed and lying prosper. This movie is pretty bad. It is full of missed opportunities and great moments that make you wish this movie was the movie those scenes were from. It feels like someone created a movie about the modern WallStreet and some idiot executive got the script and went, we could cannibalize this script into a sequel and make sure thing money! There are signs of a good movie but this is not one. The ending is also not very oliver stone, instead its pure hollywood.
The few good moments, and the fact that this movie is only mediocre means this movie is a C-. But in all honestly, don't see it. They keep making sequels, remakes and more sequels because you go to see them. Your curiosity makes them happen, you stop going, they stop happening. See original works, see movies that get good reviews. Rent the ones you want to see that get bad reviews, be patient.