Wednesday, 26 October 2011 17:07
Margin Call
Released: October 21, 2011
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto
Directed by: J.C. Chandor
Plot: Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, MARGIN CALL is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When entry-level analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Expanding the parameters of genre, Margin Call is a riveting examination of the human components of a subject too often relegated to partisan issues of black and white.