Boiler Room

So, what's with the heavy-handed use of the hip-hop soundtrack? A statement, perhaps, that the young white males who dominate this movie are not so different from the 'niggas' in the hood? Yeah, we get it: expensive suits and gold chains don't live so far apart after all. That's not exactly an epic statement. And even if it were particularly insightful, the over the top presentation we get here is a turn off. This may be secret knowledge to the filmmakers, but it's something that some of us out here already know. That problem drags down this film, despite a some good moments, and makes it less than it might have been.