This is a biopic released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Adam McKay and co-starring Christian Bale, steve carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt.

This film is based on michael lewis's novel of the same name. It tells the story of four eccentric men who seized the opportunity during the financial crisis on Wall Street and profited from the global economic recession. They also tried to stop the global economic recession.

The film was released in the United States on February 23, 20 15, and won the best adapted screenplay award in the 88th Academy Awards on 20 16.

In the global financial crisis in 2008, several discerning investment geniuses on Wall Street saw through the bubble illusion before the American credit storm in 2007, and made a fortune by shorting subprime CDS, becoming one of the few investment heroes who made a fortune in the financial disaster. Jared Vinett (Ryan Gosling) will become an agent of Deutsche Bank, and he can turn a $4 billion list into $3.7 billion in revenue. Michael Brea (Christian Bale) will become a one-eyed fund manager, Mark Baum (steve carell) will become a Wall Street family, and Ben Hockto (Brad Pitt) will become a retired banker of Cornwall Capital.