Jonathan Kim: Rethinking Wall Street: Why Bernie Madoff Makes Gordon Gekko Look Like Zac Efron

Gordon Gekko, the ultra-capitalist villain of Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street , has stood atop the heap of film's all-time corporate bad guys for over 20 years. Played with cold-blooded charisma by Michael Douglas in an Oscar-winning performance, Gekko is the capitalist devil/Darth Vader, seducing young Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) with the riches, perks and power of the corporate dark side if Bud would only abandon his morals and soul. But as the sordid details of the economic meltdown are revealed, it's clear that Gordon Gekko has nothing on the real corporate supervillains walking freely among us today. Bernie Madoff makes Gordon Gekko look like Zac Efron. You can check out my ReThink Review of Wall Street here or click on the pic below. (Due to copyright nonsense, I can't embed the video in this post, so you'll be redirected to YouTube. And even though I call this a Brave New Review in the video, don't listen! ReThink Reviews is where it's at!) We now see that Gekko ... (link)