Boiler Room is one of those movies that is fast paced and in your face, similar to the likes of Rounders, Blow, and Layer Cake (that is going to be the next goodlife pick). I love these types of movies because they’re like instructionals about doing a certain things, and in this case that certain thing is stock brokerage.

The plot of the movie is about a young man has dropped out of Queens College but desperately wants to please his father, a federal judge who’s harsh with his son. At his father’s insistence, Seth Davis closes a casino he operates in his own house, mostly for college students. Thinking he’ll please dad, he takes a job in a small brokerage house, an hour from Manhattan, where trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men, and then apply high-pressure tactics to sell initial public offerings exclusive to the firm. He’s terrific at sales. Once training is over, the pay is phenomenal, and Seth wonders why. Curiosity leads him to ethical dilemmas, encounters with the Feds, and new territory with his father. The movie stars Giovanni Ribsi (little brother from “Gone In 60 Seconds”), Vin Diesel, and Ben Affleck who surprised me with their acting ability in this movie.

I would recommend checking out this movie, for three reasons; one, the plot of the movie is very interesting because it plays on our strongest wants; money, and easy money at that. The second is how fast the movie plays out, there is a know downtimes, your eyes are continuously fixed on to the screen. And the last is acting because even with the lacklustre cast, the roles are done extremely well.

Trailer after the jump.