High Pressure

I'm not sure I would have been as amused by this movie if had seen it much earlier, but seeing it in 2021, all I could think was, "What's different now? NOTHING!" The film is worth watching for William Powell alone - he's just amazing. But the con by these guys is so much like what you hear about Bitcoin these days - soaring profits, just give a little real money now and you'll be a millionaire soon, no, really! Is it any different than any dot com bust that comes around, where companies pay millions for a tech start up that operates at a loss for years? The side stories aren't that interesting, but the main story, and the execution of the con, is solid. Actually, some of the office decoration is worth watching the movie for - 1930s decoration is glorious!