), a wily pair of African-American entrepreneurs who made themselves part of the real-estate game in Los Angeles, with the goal of getting rich and, at the same time, of breaking the color line, making it possible for black citizens to move into formerly all-white neighborhoods.
This past December, “The Banker” was set to be the first theatrical feature released by Apple TV Plus, and it’s easy to see why a company as powerful as Apple would want to present a movie like this one as its “Look out, Netflix, here we come!” awards-bait launch statement. “The Banker” aims high. It doesn’t dumb down the banking jargon or try to trick up the front-man stuff into some sort of facile racial suspense thriller. It’s a movie about finance: how it operates, how to succeed. It’s a movie, to a large degree, about things that happen on paper, and “The Banker,” at least on paper, must have looked like a winner and a knockout. But as directed by George Nolfi , there’s something staid and contained about it.
A film trying to make money, about trying to make money, think it’ll bring in any money, ok that’s 3 money’s lined up, 4 just isn’t worth the effort, nor is this movies premise that sounds interesting, maybe a better title
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