The Crash (2017) on Netflix
Federally indicted stock trader Guy Clifton is recruited by the government to stop a cyber-attack on the US markets. He must assemble a team to run a secret shadow exchange.
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- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb4.2/101,915 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes17%
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Plot summary
Set in a near future when the American economy is on the brink of another financial collapse, Guy Clifton, a federally indicted stock trader, is secretly enlisted by the federal government. A cyber-attack aimed at the stock market could cripple the economy, and Guy is charged with assembling a team able to run a hidden exchange that would keep the markets calm if the hijack works. Guy has always been driven by money, and he intends to turn his inside knowledge of the coming disaster into personal profit. He is married to Shannon, and their daughter Creason is ill with cancer.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Crash (2017)
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- Serving as an executive producer on the film, Frank Grillo rejected casting Bella Thorne as his character's daughter and also turned down a Courtney Love cameo as Hillary Clinton.
- Ashton Kutcher was first offered the role of Guy Clifton and accepted it, on condition he could shoot on weekends while making Two and a Half Men, but scheduling conflicts forced him to drop out.
- Lenny Kravitz accepted the role of Guy Clifton but dropped out over promotions for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; while he was attached, his daughter Zoey Kravitz was to play his on-screen daughter until negotiations fell through.
- Frank Grillo was eventually cast as the film's lead after Helen Hunt suggested Minnie Driver play the role of Shannon.
- Dominic Cooper and Sean Combs were loosely attached to roles in the film but dropped out of the project at the last minute.
