Ok let's get this out of the way first...I had been waiting to see where Bud Fox would make an appearance and it wasn't were I would have hoped it to be....and to assume that Gekko never knew what Bud did while he was in prison (while knowing about everything else) didn't make sense to me. I was wishing for a few more cameos...perhaps Marvin (John C. McGinley) or Harold (Saul Rubinek), but I guess that's wishing too much. Anyway, the film was ok, but a but too predictable. The little bit of closure in the end was actually nice. I'm not sure why they decided to kill Rudy's character...he would have been a nice character to see surface in this sequel in some way...but I guess Shia's character needed his Darryl Hannah :).
It took two reported disc problems but I think I finally saw most of it (yes, the second replacement was defective as well). The story is a little flat.....but quite a cast with Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Charlotte Rampling, Jeremy Northan, and Ciaran Hinds.
