Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Cristian Solimeno | ... | Steve (as Christian Solimeno) | |
Ewan McGregor | ... | Nick Leeson | |
![]() |
Lorna Pegler | ... | Girlfriend in Pub |
![]() |
David Fahm | ... | Boyfriend in Pub |
Tim McInnerny | ... | Tony Hawes | |
![]() |
Cecil Chang | ... | Old Custodian |
![]() |
Michelle Lee | ... | Susi (as Sarah Liew) |
Anna Friel | ... | Lisa Leeson | |
![]() |
Michael Garner | ... | Alec Sims |
![]() |
Sharon Duce | ... | Patsy Sims |
![]() |
Karen Lim | ... | Singapore Letting Agent |
Pip Torrens | ... | Simon Jones | |
Tom Wu | ... | George Seow | |
Daniel York | ... | Henry Tan | |
![]() |
Irene Ng | ... | Bonnie Lee |
Ambitious, wide-eyed boy Nick Leeson (Ewan McGregor) is determined to rise in the world and be more than a simple bank clerk. When his employers, Barings Bank, offer him the opportunity to go to Jakarta, Indonesia to sort out a problem that nobody else wants, he seizes the opportunity with both hands. In Jakarta, he meets and marries Lisa (Anna Friel), and together they go to Singapore when the bank offers him the job of setting up their future options trading operation. To save money, the bank allows Nick to operate the floor trading and the back office facilities, and force him to employ cheap, unskilled staff. His first year of trading is a big success, and he makes large profits for the bank, even though he has illegally broken trading rules and secretly covered up losses. Given more freedom, even more money, and continuing unchecked, Nick starts to make losses, and again attempts to trade out of them, but this time he comes unstuck as his illegal trading generates even bigger ... Written by Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>
I disagree with the other reviews here. I enjoyed the movie very much and I don't even know a bond from a stock from a box of crackers, nor did the know the story of this man and what transpired. But the movie explains a lot as its going along, and by the end, I was interested to know exactly how much he was going to get away with. Ewan is terrific as always.