Nauseating American fairy tale

Rating: 2/10 (1 January 2016)

Technically this is a pretty well made movie with some decent actors. The basis of the story is good and the theme of loser gets his revenge on the system by cheating thanks to a drug is an interesting one. It echoes some very real behaviors going on all the time in the capitalist world from repulsive greedy douchebags who only think of themselves, money and nothing else and are ready to trod on anyone to get always more.
The sickening part is that not only does this movie refuse to acknowledge the downside to only thinking of yourself and showing off your gifts to the point of nauseating anyone watching, it actually considers that it should all end happily with no smashing into a wall at full speed as the obvious final consequence, much like the financial crash of 2008. And don't get me started on a democratic political career as the ultimate way to exert one's brilliance and influence the system, what a joke.
The reality of someone actually behaving like the character in this movie is that they would be alone and stay that way since no one except hookers could stand being around such a pretentious show-off for very long.
One more nail in the intellectual coffin that is this tale is the disgusting shallowness of the pretty girlfriend who suddenly finds him attractive again once he has more money. Vomit.
I have known people who doped themselves to get ahead and I am not sure they are happier than me where they are now, even if they make more money or have more power. They are so wrapped up in their own egos that they have to feed it through ever more status symbols as they are prisoners of a system that is wearing them out even as they think they are winning because they have a nice house or boat.
To sum up this film had great potential in it's theme but fails miserably to show any moral end to the story. Instead of inciting the audience to reflect on the absurdity of wanting always more, the faster the better, in a world of overpopulation, exploitation and vast misery for countless ordinary people, the makers of this movie chose to ignore all this and pretend that there are no negative sides to behaving like a pig. I suppose that depressing the viewer with some truths is not good for Hollywood profits so again we are treated like idiots and fed a fairy tale where you need to leave your brain at the theatre entrance. A shame.
If you want to see a proper work of art that gets you thinking and leaving you wiser to what is important in life, go see PI by Aronofsky.