The Crash (2017)

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

I like financial/corporate thrillers, and I enjoyed this one. I was looking for entertainment, not a documentary, so I didn't try to spoil it by noting technical errors or assessing the plot for realism. The acting was decent, and, realistic or not, technically accurate or not, the plot held together reasonably well. It's an evening's entertainment, nothing more, nothing less, which is all I think it aspired to be. If that's all you are looking for, and also like financial/corporate thrillers, you will probably think it's OK, too.

The stock market has been hacked and is going to crash on Monday. Only one man in the world can fix it, Guy Clifton (Frank Grillo) Tony Clifton's illegitimate son. He assembles a crack team as we watch all the action and drama unfold as people plug wires into the back of a server and type into a keyboard. Whew! Just over whelming stuff. Oh wait! The daughter Creason (Anna Sophia Robb) seriously? Creason? has cancer and isn't responding to treatments. AND her boyfriend Ben (Ed Westwick) is one the programmers helping dad who operates "under a different moral compass." Dad has been arrested for hacking and gets immunity for doing this.The original title was "A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island" although I don't know if they were ever on the island, it wasn't in their filming locations. This film is for the conspiracy minded about stock market manipulation, corporate greed, insider this that and the other, and the evil Federal Reserve. All that good John Birch stuff that has suddenly gone mainstream. I am surprised they didn't work a dig in at the UN. However, if you are going to do a film such as this, you need a believable plot, decent actors, and maybe a shower scene. Factual films about the last crash were a lot better than this one about a fictional glitch in the stock market that caused an unreasonable panic.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity

Prepare yourself before watching this movie. I would recommend taking motion sickness prevention before attempting to watch this. If you are prone to this type of condition then this movie is not for you. This has to be the worst movie I have ever watched. It features, 'On purpose', horrible camera action that was seemingly taken by novice camera operators or was ordered as such by the director. Either way it makes for a terrible viewing experience. Don't say you were not warned. Have the motion sickness pail ready. Note to the director, Aram Rappaport; I'm sure this movie would have turned out 500% better had one been able to watch the entire picture without losing ones breakfast.

This movie give the word awful a bad name. The one thing that would make this movie good, is if was never made. The plot was weak and the camera work/ editing bounced around like 2 year old on a sugar high.I could see a potentially good movie if it was taken in a different direction. Sending text messages tipping off to the planned attack, come on that sounds like something a high schooler would do, not a (Blank - sorry no spoilers) would do. There is too many holes in this movie for me to get past.At one point in the movie a White House document was shown signed by Hillary Clinton. Either the writers assumed she'd win the election or she's corrupt enough to be a part of the crash. I'll leave that up to you on how you see it.