Customer Reviews

Rogue Trader

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This film tells the true story of Nick Leeson, the floor trader on Simex exchange,Singapore, who singly handedly broke Barings Bank, in the mid '90's. Of how one mans ambition was overcome by pressures, and in turn, reckless gambling.

An incredible aspect of this case was how Leeson covered up for so long, and fooled so many, who it seemed, were so wrapped up in their own company rhetoric they simply wanted to believe in Leeson. The regional manager in Singapore had never even heard of the name of the brokerage house Leeson used to "invent" a trade to cover the missing and ever increasing deficit being incured in the "88888" account, a supposed customer account, but in reality, an back office error account.

The pace of the story is very well done here. My only gripe is, for a film with excellent supporting cast, why did they take so little care over the choice of the leading players? Ewan McGreggor is convincing as Leeson only when the sickly scenes with his wife are not on screen, the hoplessly miscast Lisa.

Some may find the numerous and fast financial terms not easy to follow. But a fascinating story, with great use of background music.

Ewan McGregor proves in this movie as Nick, he is a good actor...nicely done with some memorable moments....dont let this happen to you..if you work in the stock market....and note that an actor named Alexis Denisof plays in this movie...he goes on to play Wesley Wyndham Price in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel..for all you fans who didnt know he was in this movie..check it out..he has a nice role.

one of the worst movies ever this stuff must have been made up and total lack of common sense makes this movie an amatureish comedy

I say "little" because not much of a splash on the radar when it came out. I am a huge Ewan McGregor fan so I have been on the look out for every example of his work for a few years now. When I first heard about Rogue Trader, amazingly I actually remembered the true story behind it too so I was excited to see the film. The film itself is both exciting and sad. You see a young hot shot getting in over his head in more exotic locales and how far he goes to cover up--to the failure of the British home company. If you want to bring morals into the picture you can see the exact moment where he crosses the line, telling a lie that he can only embellish and make worse until ka-boom, it all falls down. So basically the film doesn't in my opinion glorify the actions of the main character.

Ewan does a great job (well he always does in my biased opinion) and I enjoyed the perfomances of all the supporting characters as well. Highly recommend.

I work in the financial market and it is very stressfull.
Watching this movie actually stressed me out because it could
so easily happen to the company I work for.

This movie is based on the book of the same title and the actual events that occurred to collapse the Barings Bank. I was most impressed by the pace and direction that the director took with this movie.

It had some high energy points, especially when you Ewan McGregor begins to literally lose it as the option selling losses mount. You also see his duplicitous nature in his personal life and his professional life. There is nothing stop the train wreck coming.

A couple of things I didn't like was the misaccurate representation of this being like the stockmarket. The Singapore International Monetary Exchange is a futures and spot market for currency exchange. There were more intense elements that could have been brought in. This is an international scandal where are the Singapore regulators etc. every antagonist needs a solid protagonist and there wasn't one.

I have been involved with futures and options trading for the past 11 years. I know how intense it is to watch the screen as money ticks away from you. This just wasn't easy to convey in the film

Overall it is good insight into a world few will ever know. I think Nick Leeson did a terrible thing, but I my overall verdict is I'm not sure if it deserves a movie. Maybe that's why Singapore banned it.

The story of this movie is average but is banned in Singapore for good(not sure why).

maybe, mr mcgregor could have watched wall street before he sleptwalk thru this uneven sloppy movie. Being a crass american, it is possible maybe brits are that cold and unemotional.I could not follow what the tone of the movie was, a morality play, a period peice who the hell knows.

This movie, although heavily criticized my some, is really wonderful. It has a very interesting plot that keeps you worried about what will happen. Ewan McGregor, as they say on the cover, is fantastic! A great movie for anyone who appreciates intellectual things.

Great to watch. It just like the moive The money pit, because something go's good and something go's real, real bad.

The cast did pretty good job. And the director did a great job too. This is a must see ok. I did and I like you sould see it some time if you like to.

This moive is just like the moive called (WAR GAMES) because the people in the moive deal's with computer's.

(HEY YOU MUST SEE THIS I DID I LIKE IT)