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This cautionary tale presents the sordid underbelly of unregulated capitalism with all its chilling amoral ruthlessness and is a ‘must-see’ for anyone contemplating entering the property market as a home owner. Set in the suburbs of Orlando, Florida in 2008 we observe the slick operation of Michael Shannon’s Rick Carver, evicting homeowners who have defaulted on their bank loans with the full backing of the judicial system and armed officers from the local sheriff’s department. However, these people are not your typical sub-prime individuals who have been mis-sold mortgages but rather middle-class suburban families who have bought into the American Dream of home ownership and are now living the consequential nightmare of a financial and economic recession. The narrative follows Andrew Garfield’s unemployed construction worker who decides that he is no longer prepared to be a victim of circumstance and willingly enters into a Faustian pact with the real estate Lucifer who has just evicted him. He is determined to re-purchase the family home and convinces himself that the only way of achieving this is to become that which he initially despised - a man who profits at the expense of the misery of others. This is intelligent and relevant film-making, its documentary-esque tone underlying the mundanity of the plight of the evictees with the doorway interactions disturbing in their genial formality. The movie seethes with righteous anger, and as we watch these bemused bankrupt individuals falling prey to predatory corrupt businessmen and property entrepreneurs we inevitably reflect on our own circumstances, and where JC Chandor’s Margin Call is an exploration of the 2007 Crash from the perspective of the wealthy bankers and investment elite Ramin Bahrani’s film is most definitely a devastatingly honest worm’s eye view of its dire consequences. Both Garfield and Shannon give admirably restrained performances, effectively conveying the complexity of their respective characters and the moral and ethical choices they make, while both the cinematography and musical score contribute greatly to the tension present throughout the film. This is not a comfortable viewing experience but a worthwhile one.

Andrew Garfield plays Dennis Nash who is a hard working man in construction down in Florida. It is the 2008 bank crash which has left the world – though not the banks – reeling from the greed motivated incompetence of financiers. Nash is about to find out how devastating this can be when the bank forecloses on his family home. This leads to him being thrown onto the streets with his mother and young son.He thinks all is lost then a chance meeting sets him on the path to working with the man who evicted him. This comes in the shape of realtor Nick Carver (Michael Shannon). He is scamming the system to make money from other people’s misery as he has indeed done to Nash. However, every cloud has a silver lining and in this case that cloud turns out to be lined with dollars – lots of them. The irredeemably low Carver shows Nash how to do this through coercion, theft, lies – you name it. The problem is Nash has now become what he hates and his conscience is about to be shaken.Now this is described as a ‘nail biter’ and it actually is just that. It starts with the pressure and the 'seconds to act' scenarios and keeps that going right till the end. Shannon nearly does the impossible here and cracks a smile, but in the end he doesn’t need to as his dead pan approach and screen imposing self manages to out act nigh on every scene he is in – without mirth. It is always easier to play the baddie, but to do it convincingly and with a degree of ambiguity – albeit wafer thin – is just something special and he makes it look easy. A good supporting cast and based on a real story this is one of those films that may be missed due to the seemingly uninspiring title, but this is one you will want to tell your friends about – absolutely recommended.

This is quite a hard watch, definitely not a feel-good movie particularly for anybody who has ever struggled with their mortgage payments. Garfield and Shannon deliver commanding performances here as the silver tongued and steely real estate broker Rick Carver cashing in on the property crash and his new apprentice Dennis Nash, a working man he personally evicted from his own home. Name the Wall Street cliché – greed is good, a deal with the devil and more besides, it is full of them but still immensely watchable as Nash wrestles with his conscience whilst the fat cheques keep rolling in. Quite scary how fast and hard the banks and the courts work in the US too. There but for the grace of God…

I really enjoyed this. It was a simple but effective morality tale about one man (Dennis Nash) struggling to keep a hold of his family home until it the day it is repossessed by cold-hearted real estate shark Rick Carver, played superbly by Michael Shannon. Carver then offers Nash the opportunity to earn some money working for him and he soon finds himself on the other side of the door, turfing struggling families out on the street when their homes are repossessed by the banks. The final 20 minutes was especially tense as the lead character is faced with a decision that could change the lives of many.

A gritty drama that follows the life of a down on his luck single father from persecuted to persecutor in order to pull himself out of his financial pit. It is slightly polarised in that it tends to suggest that all those who lose their homes are all 'victims' and those who deal with debt recovery are 'predators' so lacks depth in its plot but is an enjoyable and well acted film that both moves and challenges the viewer. Recommended as long as you don't dig too deep into its moral overtones.