‘I’ve always preferred comedy,’ Kumble says, ‘Cruel Intentions was my first movie and I actually found it easier doing drama — comedy is so hard to pull off.’

Auteur and darling of the indie set Richard Linklater returns with a very small and simple movie that adds up to far greater than the sum of its parts. In what can only be described as a character study, every Hollywood convention is jettisoned.

He sets about wreaking revenge on slimy merchant bank chief Bretton (Brolin) who orchestrated the campaign against his boss, an alpha male weasel who’s so impressed with Jacob’s nefarious work he offers him a job. At the same time, Jacob has struck up a deal with Gekko — get his daughter talking to him again and Gekko will give Jacob the dirt he needs to finish Bretton off.