"Who am I?" That question will haunt you throughout the entirety of this epic film. Fresh off his success with Platoon, Oliver Stone once again pairs up with superstar Charlie Sheen. You thought Viet Nam was a harrowing experience, but you haven't seen anything until you've delved into the world of Wall Street in the 1980's. Wall Street! "Any better and it would be a sin."

Charlie's traded in his fatigues and camouflage make-up in exchange for power ties and suspenders. That's the only way he can blend into the fast-paced, high tension world that is Wall Street! Charlie plays Budd Foxx, a trader who can't get to the top fast enough. Buddy's got a problem, however, as his career is stuck in a rut. He's desperate to play with the big dogs, big dogs like Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas. There's something in Bud's way, though, as he just isn't that bright. In Sheen's most challenging role to date, he's actually able to fully inhabit a stupid person. It's amazing, just one look at his deer-in-the-headlight eyes and you know there's nothing going on in that head of his. How was he overlooked by the academy? If his acting was any better "it would be a sin." Wall Street!

And Gordon, he the devil. He's just trying to suck up as many souls as possible. Suck them up and spit them out. In Michael Douglas's most challenging role to date, he's able to perfectly play a soulless creepy guy. It's almost as if he's not acting, as if he really is a creepy guy. That's brilliant! That's Wall Street! He not only lures Bud in with the promise of money, but with sex as well, and that sex is in the form of Daryl Hannah. Surely a more gorgeous and talented actress has never graced the silver screen. In a Meryl Streep-like turn, she's able to doff her obviously Mensa-worthy intelligence and play someone who's truly vacuous. She completely disappears into the character of Darien Taylor. Wall Street!

But there's more. John C. McGinley stars as Marvin. Is there any part this man cannot play? No wonder Stone has also cast him in Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Nixon and Any Given Sunday. Clearly Ollie's got a hard-on for McGinley, and who can blame him? If he had only cast him in Alexander he would have had a sure-fire blockbuster on his hands. We've also got James Spader as Roger Barnes and Sean Young as Kate Gekko. Brilliant! Wall Street!

Then at the end of the movie, Charlie Sheen tries to cry not once, but twice. The first time in a scene with his real life father, I think he almost succeeded. Sheen on Sheen loving. Outstanding! Wall Street!

Quite frankly, the only thing keeping this film from being the best movie ever made is the addition of Terrance Stamp and Hal Holbrook in the film. Those two hacks would drag any movie down. Oliver Stone, how do you do it? "Who am I?" No, no, the question should be, "Who are you, Oliver Stone? Who are you?" Wall Street!

Hamlin Grade: 5

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