Assault on Wall Street (2013) on Netflix
R20131h 39mActionCrimeThriller
Jim Baxford, a former soldier driving an armored car in New York City, finds his military pension lost to bad investments. His wife Rosie needs treatment their insurance will not cover.
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- IMDb6.0/1022,562 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes25%
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Plot summary
At a Wall Street firm during the financial crisis, a portfolio manager tells his staff to put company profits ahead of clients' interests. In New York City, Jim Baxford drives an armored car and once served in the military. His wife Rosie is recovering from a brain tumor, and their health insurance has run out, so he cannot cover her treatment. He tries to cash in his military pension and finds that a financial adviser's bad investments have wiped out much of it, and he faces a $60,000 lawsuit over real-estate deals the same adviser made. A colleague lends him $10,000 for a lawyer to sue the adviser, but the lawyer says he can do nothing, an assistant district attorney will not meet him, and his employer, doubting he can be trusted with money, dismisses him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Assault on Wall Street (2013)
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- Director Uwe Boll was inspired by the Distant 2nd song "Murder on Wall Street" and wrote scenes into the film to incorporate ideas from the song, beginning work in 2010 after researching the 2008 financial crisis.
- Uwe Boll was given permission to shoot in New York but was refused permits for Central Park and the subway, so he shot Assault on Wall Street "guerrilla style" in places he could not get a permit for.
