Assault on Wall Street
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| Directed by | Uwe Boll |
| Produced by | Daniel Clarke |
| Written by | Uwe Boll |
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Dominic Purcell Erin Karpluk Edward Furlong John Heard Keith David Michael Paré Eric Roberts |
| Music by | Jessica de Rooij |
| Cinematography | Mathais Neumann |
| Edited by | Thomas Sabinsky |
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| Distributed by | Phase 4 Films |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
Assault on Wall Street (also known as Attack on Wall Street and formerly known as Bailout: The Age of Greed) is a 2013 action thriller film written and directed by Uwe Boll, and starring Dominic Purcell. The film stars Purcell as a security guard who struggles to pay for his wife's medical bills and loses his investments in the 2007–08 financial crisis, prompting a shooting spree on Wall Street after his wife takes her own life.
Director Uwe Boll was inspired by a song by Distant 2nd called "Murder on Wall Street" and wrote scenes in the movie to incorporate ideas from the song. He began work on the film in 2010 and did a lot of research into the 2007–08 financial crisis. Around this time, Boll spoke with victims and people affected by the crisis and also started talking to a professor in the bailout commission in Germany.
In the midst of 2008 financial crisis, a portfolio-manager instructs his employees to neglect the best-interest of clients in order to increase company profits.
Meanwhile, Jim Baxford (Dominic Purcell), a former soldier and armored car driver, lives with his wife, Rosie, in New York City. Rosie is in the process of recovering from a near-fatal brain tumor. Their health insurance has reached its limit, and Jim finds that he is unable to afford her treatment. He decides to cash in the pension he earned from serving in the military, but learns that much of it is lost as a result of bad investments on the part of his financial adviser. In addition, he finds himself in a $60,000 lawsuit as a result of bad real-estate investments conducted by his rogue financial adviser.
Jim frequently lunches with a colleague in the armored car business, and two NYPD friends. He borrows $10,000 from the colleague to pay for an attorney to sue his financial adviser, and arranges a meeting with an assistant district attorney to discuss wrongdoings on the part of his financial advisers. However, the attorney he hired claims that he is unable to do anything and the assistant district attorney is unwilling to meet with him. Jim becomes frustrated at the loss of his money and his inability to pay for his wife's treatment and their mortgage. Because of his financial situation, his employer reluctantly fires him, as the company is not willing to trust him with large sums of money.
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