What happened to the people who once expressed their code of ethics through the cowboy movies of Hollywood? The Japanese made the suicidal mistake of thinking the Americans would be pushovers because they had Bushido and we were morally bankrupt. Japanese intellectuals would soon enough realize that it was America that had preserved the Chivalric code of the West in their cowboy movies and by attacking Pearl Harbor they had provoked their own worst nightmare. We don’t need to be policed but our artists have a duty to instill a cultural code of ethics.

We need prison sentences for white-collar crimes. These guys laugh at fines. But the last thing those who bluster about "cuttthroat competition" want is to be locked up with some actual cutthroats.

People who pursue white collars are in prison - the crimes are just a symptom of the disease. If you have ever witnessed a white collar experience a moment of clarity - it is not as much fun as it is sad - especially if it was your parent. Lucky are those who escaped this fate or got cured at a young age. Perhaps the criminals fare better than those who never escape.

wheres a capitalist John Wayne when you need him? instead of the Terminator we need... the Regulator....?

this reminds me of an old jr high school teacher who liked the movie so much she showed it as part of a class exercise. she analyzed its themes of morality etcetera. a very postmodern analysis. it recognized the clicches but considered them valid anyway. she was great/unusual. contrarian.