Supercapitalist

2012 Thriller

An ambitious hedge fund trader relocates from New York to Hong Kong to orchestrate a shady, billion dollar deal, only to find himself crushed between the opposing, profit-hungry powers in America and Asia. Meanwhile, as the strain of operating within a foreign system begins to take its toll on the trader, he hatches a plan that could make him rich beyond his wildest imagination - if it doesn't kill him first.

Director: Simon Yin

Starring: Derek Ting, Linus Roache, Kenneth Tsang, Richard Ng, Kathy Uyen

 16 Reviews

Reviews

  • With its minimal settings and focus on the abstract lingo of market transactions, "Margin Call" stands as the new model for how to do Wall Street on a budget, embedding its moral themes in language and complex characters. By comparison, $upercapitalist seems naïve about both the market and the humans who operate in it.

    Scott Tobias - The A.V. Club

    27 April 2013

  • Dry as new bank notes and doggedly uncinematic, Simon Yin's $upercapitalist approaches the seamy side of international finance with a story as stale as the subprime meltdown.

    Jeannette Catsoulis - The New York Times

    27 April 2013

  • The dull, hectoring financial melodrama Supercapitalist has all the spark of a high school assembly skit about not letting friends drive drunk.

    Robert Abele - Los Angeles Times

    27 April 2013

  • A Walmart "Wall Street," the hedge-fund drama Supercapitalist is junk merchandise stamped "made in China."

    Kyle Smith - New York Post

    27 April 2013

  • Mostly, this DOA movie is an excuse to hammer home that there's more to life than making a shit-ton of money. Take that, Wall Street!

    - Time Out New York

    27 April 2013

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