BBC is Kevin Spacey first film appearance since allegations of misconduct arose last fall (2017). Despite his and rest of the cast, BBC is a generic rise-and-fall movie that does nothing to elevate itself among a sea of similar looking and feeling films. Its plot is bog-standard - even if it is based on a real life story - and its characters are either stock or nonexistent while the dialogue is un-engaging and flat. For BBC, The Wolf of Wall Street is like gold (compared to brass). 5/10

Oe (Ansel Elgort) and Dean (Taron Egerton) went to school on the west coast with rich kids like Biltmores. Joe has the brains and Dean has the gab and connections. They managed to convince their rich friends to invest in their company, the BBC. Investor Ron Levin (Kevin Spacey) invests in the group which includes socializing and investing. Then the scams begin...This was based on a true story, but I never felt the intensity or the climax. The fact that the guys never became famous makes this just another bad investor tale. Guide: F-word, brief sex. No nudity.

What might be Kevin Spacey's final movie (at least for quite a while) lands awkwardly. What this film lacks in substance attempts somewhat clumsily to make up in Hollywood production. One could easily argue that the 80's era television movie starring Judd Nelson and other young 80's stars was substantially better. Where the television movie accentuated Nelson's protrayal of Joe Hunt as a greedy society outsider desperate for fame and fortune, and willing to dispatch anything to obtain it; including murder. This film portrays Hunt as a naive outsider who finds himself in circumstances beyond his control while making critical errors all in the name of trying to "fit in" to Beverly Hills society. This version of Billionaire Boy's Club should have been left in the 80's as a fine work of television pop culture. Like many reboots of 80's era classics, with its wide shoulder pads and Aquanet hair, just falls flat.

What a waste of a good cast and story. Editing and sound are bad too.