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Born	September 2, 1964 (age 54) Beirut, Lebanon
Residence	Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.
Citizenship	Canadian
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	1984–present
Partner(s)	Jennifer Syme (1998–2000)
Children	1 (deceased)

Keanu Charles Reeves (/kɛˈɑːnuː/keh-AH-noo^[1] born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian^[a] actor and musician. He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films, including comedies from the Bill and Ted franchise (1989–1991); action thrillers Point Break (1991), Speed (1994), and the John Wick franchise (2014–2019); psychological thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997); supernatural thriller Constantine (2005); and science fiction/action series The Matrix (1999–2003). He has also appeared in dramatic films, such as Dangerous Liaisons (1988), My Own Private Idaho (1991), and Little Buddha (1993), as well as the romantic horror Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

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Reeves has earned critical acclaim for his acting. One New York Times critic praised Reeves' versatility, saying that he 'displays considerable discipline and range... he moves easily between the buttoned-down demeanor that suits a police procedural story and the loose-jointed manner of his comic roles'.^[2] However, Reeves has spent much of his later career being typecast. A recurring character arc in many roles he has portrayed is one of saving the world, as can be seen in the characters of Ted Logan, Siddhartha Buddha, Neo, Johnny Mnemonic, John Constantine, and Klaatu. The John Wick franchise represented a return to critical praise and commercial success for Reeves.^[3][4][5] His acting has garnered several awards, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

During his film career, Reeves has engaged in several forms of artistic expression. He is a musician and played bass guitar for the bands Dogstar and Becky. Acting onstage, he performed as Prince Hamlet for the Manitoba Theatre Centre's production of Hamlet. He wrote the text for a picture book, Ode to Happiness, illustrated by Alexandra Grant. He has also produced a documentary, Side by Side, and directed the martial arts film Man of Tai Chi.

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Early life

Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut on September 2, 1964, the son of Patricia (née Taylor), a costume designer and performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr.^[6] His mother is English and hails from Essex.^[7] His father, an American from Hawaii, is of Chinese-Hawaiian, English, Irish, and Portuguese descent.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} Reeves has said, 'My grandmother is Chinese and Hawaiian so I was around Chinese art, furniture, and cuisine when I was growing up.'^[13] He has also spoken of his English ancestry, mentioning watching comedy shows such as The Two Ronnies during his childhood, and how his mother imparted English manners that he has maintained into adulthood.^[14] Reeves' mother was working in Beirut when she met his father.

Reeves' father earned his GED while imprisoned in Hawaii for selling heroin at Hilo International Airport.^[15] He abandoned his wife and family when Reeves was three years old, but Reeves knew him until he was six. They last met on the island of Kauai when Reeves was 13.^[16][17] After his parents divorced in 1966, his mother became a costume designer and moved the family to Sydney,^[18] and then to New York City, where she married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director, in 1970.^[19] The couple moved to Toronto, Ontario, and divorced in 1971. When Reeves was 15, he worked as a production assistant on Aaron's films.^[20] Reeves' mother then married Robert Miller, a rock music promoter, in 1976; the couple divorced in 1980. She subsequently married her fourth husband, a hairdresser named Jack Bond. The marriage ended in 1994. Grandparents and nannies babysat Reeves and his sisters, and Reeves grew up primarily in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto.^[21][22]

Within five years, Reeves attended four high schools, including the Etobicoke School of the Arts, from which he was expelled. Reeves stated he was expelled because he was 'just a little too rambunctious and shot [his] mouth off once too often... [he] was not generally the most well-oiled machine in the school'.^[23] He was a successful ice hockey goalkeeper at De La Salle College. He dreamed of playing ice hockey for Canada,^[24] but an injury forced him to consider other career paths.^{[citation needed]} After leaving De La Salle College, he attended Avondale Secondary Alternative School, which allowed him to obtain an education while working as an actor. He later dropped out and did not obtain a high school diploma.^[25]

Career

Early career: 1980–1986

Reeves began his acting career at the age of nine, appearing in a theatre production of Damn Yankees.^{[citation needed]} At 15, he played Mercutio in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet at the Leah Posluns Theatre.^[26] Reeves dropped out of high school when he was 17. He obtained a green card through his American stepfather and moved to Los Angeles three years later.^[20] Reeves made his screen acting debut in an episode of Hangin' In. In the early 1980s, he appeared in commercials (including one for Coca-Cola), short films including the NFB drama One Step Away^[27] and stage work such as Brad Fraser's cult hit Wolfboy in Toronto. In 1984, he was a correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV youth program Going Great.^[28]

His first studio movie appearance was Youngblood (1986) in which he played a Québécoisgoalie. Shortly after the movie's release, Reeves drove to Los Angeles in his 1969 Volvo 122.^[29] His stepfather had convinced Erwin Stoff in advance to be Reeves's manager and agent. Stoff has remained Reeves's manager, and has co-produced many of his films.^[30]

Breakthrough: 1986–1994

After a few minor roles, Reeves received a sizable role in the 1986 drama film River's Edge, which depicted how a murder affected a group of teens. Following this film's critical success, he spent the late 1980s appearing in a number of movies aimed at teenage audiences, including the lead roles in Permanent Record and the unexpectedly successful 1989 comedy, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, along with its 1991 sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. The same year he had a breakout role in the movie Parenthood.

From 1991, Reeves played bass guitar in the alternative rock band Dogstar. During the early 1990s, Reeves started to break out of his teen-film period. He appeared in high-budget action films like Point Break, for which he won MTV's 'Most Desirable Male' award in 1992. He was involved in various lower-budget independent films, including the well-received 1991 film, My Own Private Idaho with River Phoenix. In 1992, he played Jonathan Harker in the Francis Ford Coppola-directed blockbuster Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Rise of prominence in film: 1994–1999

In 1994, Reeves's career reached a new high as a result of his starring role in the action film Speed. His casting in the film was controversial, since, except for Point Break, he was primarily known for comedies and indie dramas. He had never been the sole headliner on a film. The summer action film had a fairly large budget and was helmed by veteran cinematographer Jan de Bont in his directorial debut.

Reeves's career choices after Speed were eclectic: despite his successes, Reeves continued to accept supporting roles and appear in experimental films. He scored a hit with a romantic lead role in A Walk in the Clouds. He made news by refusing to take part in Speed 2: Cruise Control – despite the offered $11 million paycheck, which would have been his largest to date – in favour of touring with his band and playing the title role in a 1995 Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[31] Of his performance, Roger Lewis, the Sunday Times theatre critic, wrote, 'He quite embodied the innocence, the splendid fury, the animal grace of the leaps and bounds, the emotional violence, that form the Prince of Denmark ... He is one of the top three Hamlets I have seen, for a simple reason: he is Hamlet.'^[32] However, his decision to not do Speed 2 left him blacklisted by 20th Century Fox for a decade, according to Reeves, until The Day the Earth Stood Still.^[33]

However, Reeves' choices after A Walk in the Clouds failed with critics and audiences. Big-budget films such as the sci-fi action film Johnny Mnemonic and the action-thriller Chain Reaction were critically panned and failed at the box office, while indie films like Feeling Minnesota were also critical failures. Reeves finally started to climb out of his career low after starring in the horror-drama The Devil's Advocate alongside Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Reeves took a pay cut of $1 million for The Devil's Advocate so that Pacino would be cast, and later took a 90 per cent pay cut for the less successful The Replacements to guarantee the casting of Gene Hackman.^[34]The Devil's Advocate did well at the box office and garnered good reviews.

Hollywood stardom and The Matrix trilogy: 1999–2009

The 1999 science fiction-action hit The Matrix, a film in which Reeves had a starring role, was a box office success and attracted positive reviews.^[35]

In between the first Matrix film and its sequels, Reeves received positive reviews for his portrayal of an abusive husband in The Gift. Aside from The Gift, Reeves appeared in several films that received mostly negative reviews and unimpressive box office grosses, including The Watcher, Sweet November, and The Replacements. However, the two Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, along with Something's Gotta Give and the 2005 horror-action film, Constantine, were box office successes and brought Reeves back into the public spotlight. Reeves performed with the band Becky for a year, but quit in 2005, citing his lack of interest in a serious music career.^[36]

In early 2005, Reeves' accomplishments in Hollywood were recognized by the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.^[37]

His appearance in A Scanner Darkly (2006), based on the dystopian science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, received favourable reviews, and The Lake House, his romantic outing with Sandra Bullock, was a success at the box office.^[38] He went on to play the lead character in two 2008 films, Street Kings and The Day the Earth Stood Still. In February 2009 he starred in director Rebecca Miller's film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, which premiered at Berlinale.^[39]

Eclectic filmmaking and John Wick: 2009–present

Beginning in 2008, Reeves began pre-production on his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi. The film is a multilingual narrative, partly inspired by the life of his friend, stuntman Tiger Chen. Filming occurred on mainland China and Hong Kong. During Man of Tai Chi's five years of scripting and production, Reeves acted in several B movies with lead roles as Henry in Henry's Crime (2010) and John in Generation Um... (2012). During that time, Reeves also played Kai in the critically panned 47 Ronin.^[40] Critics widely attribute the film's poor performance to its direction, pacing, focus on special effects, and editing.

In 2011, he returned to other artistic mediums of expression. Having played music earlier in his career, he forayed into literature by writing the text for a 'grown-up picture book' entitled Ode to Happiness. The text was complemented by Alexandra Grant's illustrations.^[41][42] In 2011, he produced the documentary Side by Side about the supplanting of photo-chemical film by digital camera technology; Reeves interviewed several celebrated directors including James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Christopher Nolan.

Reeves's first directorial film, Man of Tai Chi, premiered in 2013 with showings at the Beijing Film Festival^[43] and Cannes Film Festival.^[44] The work was awarded in Beijing and praised by recognized director of action genre films, John Woo.

Reeves has continued acting while exploring other forms of artistry. In October 2014, he played the title role in the action thriller John Wick. The film, which stars Reeves as a retired hitman, opened to positive reviews and performed well at the box office.^[40] He reprised the role in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017),^[45] and again in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019), both well received.

In 2016, Reeves appeared in the horror thriller The Neon Demon and the dystopian romance The Bad Batch. Reeves had a cameo in the action-comedy film Keanu, in which he voiced the eponymous kitten. Keanu director Peter Atencio revealed that the filmmakers had contacted Reeves' management about Reeves appearing in the film, who declined on his behalf. When Reeves' sister showed him the trailer, Reeves contacted the filmmakers directly about appearing in the film. As the film had been mostly completed, they decided to have a scene where he voices the kitten.^[46]

Reeves paired up with Winona Ryder in the 2018 movie Destination Wedding^[47] about wedding guests who develop a mutual affection for each other. They had previously worked together in other movies, like Bram Stoker's Dracula, A Scanner Darkly and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (though their characters didn't interact in this movie).

Future projects

It was announced in January 2009 that Reeves was to star in a live-action film adaptation of the anime series Cowboy Bebop,^[48][49] initially slated for release in 2011. Because of budgeting problems, the script was sent for a rewrite. The project's status is currently unknown, and its prospects are more uncertain now that Netflix has announced a live-action TV Series.

In April 2011, Reeves stated that a third installment of the Bill & Ted series was possible.^[50] He further elaborated on the film in December 2013 during a taping of NBC's The Today Show, 'I'm open to the idea of that. I think it's pretty surreal, playing Bill and Ted at 50. But we have a good story in that. You can see the life and joy in those characters, and I think the world can always use some life and joy.'^[51] In May 2018 'Bill and Ted 3' was officially confirmed under the title Bill and Ted Face the Music.^[52] Reeves has been linked to the maritime romance The Modern Ocean.^[53]

Europe's first Keanu Reeves film festival titled KeanuCon was announced to be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland.^[54] Originally scheduled on the birthday of Reeves in September 2018, this was postponed due to a fire at the Glasgow school of Art. The festival was held on 27 and 28 April 2019, featuring nine films over two days. The movies screened included My Own Private Idaho, Speed, The Matrix, Constantine, Reeves' directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi, and John Wick.^[55]

Personal life

Family and views

Reeves is entitled to British citizenship through his English mother. He holds Canadian citizenship^[56] by naturalization. He grew up as a Canadian and identifies as such, and holds an American green card.^[20][57] Reeves' biological father was born in the United States but Reeves required a green card because he was not eligible to claim automatic citizenship by birth abroad to one United States citizen.

On December 24, 1999, Reeves' girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, gave birth eight months into her pregnancy to Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, who was stillborn. The strain put on their relationship by their grief resulted in their breakup several weeks later. On April 2, 2001, Syme was driving alone on Los Angeles' Cahuenga Boulevard when she sideswiped three parked cars, rolled over several times, and was thrown from the car. Authorities believed she died instantly. She was reportedly being treated for depression and taking two prescription drugs, which police found in her car.^[58][59] Reeves, who was scheduled to begin shooting back-to-back Matrix sequels during the subsequent spring, sought 'peace and time' to deal with the incident, according to his friend Bret Domrose, a guitarist in Reeves' alternative rock band Dogstar.^[58]

While often described as a Buddhist or atheist, including being mentioned on a 'Famous Atheists' list, Reeves is non-religious and has occasionally expressed a belief in God or some other higher power, stating, 'I believe in God and the Devil but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.'^[60] He has clarified that he has a lot of interest in and respect for Buddhism, but has not 'taken refuge in the dharma'.^[61] In September 2013, when asked if he was a spiritual person, he replied with a laugh, 'Do I believe in God, faith, inner faith, the self, passion, and things? Yes, of course! I'm very spiritual. Supremely spiritual. Bountifully spiritual. Supremely bountiful.'^[62] Reeves has generally been reticent about his spiritual beliefs, saying that it is something 'personal and private'.^[63]

In 2010, an image of Reeves became an internet meme after photos of him, seemingly depressed while sitting on a park bench eating alone, were posted to a 4chan board. The images were soon distributed via several blogs and news sites. These pictures led to the 'Keanu is Sad' or 'Sad Keanu' meme being spread on internet forums. An unofficial holiday was created when a Facebook fan page declared June 15 as 'Cheer-up Keanu Day'.^[64][65] On the first anniversary of 'Cheer-up Keanu Day', Reeves was interviewed for an article in the British newspaper The Guardian.^[66]

Legal issues

In 2008, Reeves was sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by paparazzo Alison Silva. The unsuccessful $711,974^[67] suit claimed that Reeves hit and injured Silva with a Porsche after concluding a family visit at a Los Angeles medical facility.^[68][69] The lawsuit took a year and a half to make it to trial, during which time Silva continued to attack Reeves and demand payment. At the trial, all 12 jurors rejected the suit, needing only an hour of deliberation to reach their verdict.^[70]

In 2014, two stalkers trespassed on Reeves' Hollywood Hills home. On September 12, 2014, Reeves awoke and found a stalker in his library, who told him that she was there to meet him. While Reeves calmly talked to the stalker, he called the police, who arrived and arrested her before taking her in for psychological evaluation. Three days later, a second stalker made her way into his home through a gate that was left unlocked by a cleaning company. The intruder undressed and took a shower in Reeves' bathroom before swimming naked in his pool. The cleaning crew became suspicious and alerted Reeves, who was not at home. He then notified the police and the stalker was remanded.^[71][72]

Philanthropy and business

Reeves set up a cancer charity, choosing not to attach his name to the organization; he has also supported PETA, the SickKids Foundation and Stand Up to Cancer. In 2014, he said in an interview that his sister Kim had battled leukemia for more than a decade.^[73]

Reeves is quoted as saying, 'Money is the last thing I think about. I could live on what I have already made for the next few centuries.'^[74] It has been reported that Reeves gave approximately $80 million of his $114 million earnings from The Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, to the special effects and makeup staff. The story has been denied by special effects staff themselves as an urban legend.^[75] The story likely had its roots in a back-end deal Reeves made with the producers of The Matrix Reloaded, relinquishing his contractual right to a percentage of the earnings from the ticket sales. Reeves reportedly did so to allow producers the flexibility for an extensive special effects budget. The value of Reeves' forgone share of the ticket profits has been estimated at $38 million, which was added to the overall movie budget, rather than going directly to special effects.^[76]

Reeves co-founded a production company, Company Films. The company helped produce Henry's Crime, a film in which Reeves stars.^[77]

An avid motorcyclist, Reeves co-founded Arch Motorcycle Company, which builds and sells custom motorcycles.^[78]

Filmography

Notes

1. ^Though born in Lebanon to an English mother and American father, Reeves grew up in Canada, identifies as Canadian, and is Canadian by naturalization.

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Further reading

• 'Keanu Reeves Articles & Interviews Archive, 1986–2016'. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
• 'Pondering the mysterious Keanu Reeves'. CNN. November 5, 2003. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
• 'Seven magazine interview with Keanu Reeves'. Seven magazine. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
• Bystedt, Karen Hardy (September 1988). The New Breed: Actors Coming of Age. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN978-0-8050-0774-9. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
• DeAngelis, Michael (2001). Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom: James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN0-8223-2728-7.
• Ong, Soh Chin (May 15, 2003). 'A Man of Many Faces'. The Straits Times. Singapore.
• Fleming, Michael (April 2006). 'Playboy Interview: Keanu Reeves'. Playboy: 49–52, 140–141. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
• Howell, Peter (May 4, 2003). 'Reeves Reloaded'. Toronto Star. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
• Makela, Bob (August 5, 2000). 'Keanu Reeves: All the right moves'. USA Weekend. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
• Roman, Shari (February 1, 1988). 'Keanu Reeves – Hawaiian Punk'. Details. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
• Shnayerson, Michael (August 1995). 'The Wild One'. Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

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'The most important movie of 2018 is one you may not have even heard of. But it's a story that could be directly affecting you, endangering your financial stability and your future. If you have a 401(k) that's lost value, or if you've lost a portion of your pension, there's a chance this picture explains part of the reason why. The film is The China Hustle, opening this weekend in limited release and on select streaming services, and it is a klaxon warning of potentially impending economic disaster.

From the producers of the Oscar-nominated Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, The China Hustle is directed by Jed Rothstein, director of the Academy Award nominated documentary Killing in the Name. This isn't an exposé of a foregone scandal, mind you, but rather an ongoing one with major implications for our economy and that of China. Whatever short term financial gains exist for the businesses, banks, auditors, lawyers, and others involved in perpetuating or benefiting from the practices outlined in the movie, the long term damage won't be limited to investors who get fleeced, and will instead inevitably implicate and harm entire sectors of both nations' economies while destabilizing trade and banking for years.

With a limited theatrical release and being a documentary, The China Hustle would be expected to perform akin to most similar issue-oriented documentaries, meaning perhaps a few million dollars in theatrical revenue. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room for example took a little under $5 million at the 2005 box office. 2010's Inside Job likewise took a tad below $5 million in theatrical receipts. The Corporation in 2004 brought in roughly $3.4 million around the world.

But The China Hustle's release includes same-day availability on streaming services, which will reduce its theatrical take in exchange for the potential to reach a much larger audience via online streaming, where the ease of access and relatively lower cost of viewing could help grow the film's audience and thus spread its warning message far and wide while also relying on quantity of viewership to provide necessary revenue streams.

Dan David works to expose fraud in Magnolia's 'The China Hustle'

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I'd guess it might manage in the $1+ million range theatrically, but it's frankly hard to tell what to expect. With enough press attention and public awareness -- and make no mistake, it deserves and needs such attention due to the import of the subject matter -- audiences in the limited theatrical markets will support it, and people at home wondering what new threat is emerging to their retirement plans (or, as is sadly the case for a lot of people, what threat wiped out their retirement savings already) will rent it.

Before I get to my full review, watch this exclusive clip from The China Hustle, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures...

Unlike many documentaries about finance, economics, and related frauds, The China Hustle is what some folks would call 'accessible' for mainstream viewers with little knowledge of how stock markets and investments work. The picture does a good job of keeping things compartmentalized so each step gets explained simply, with demonstrations of how it works and why it turns out the way it does. We also see a lot of real people who lived through the fraud and suffered, others who lived through it and made a profit, and those who lived through it and profited but now work to expose it and put an end to it (and an end to their own profits, it should be noted).

Dan David serves as the equivalent of a protagonist, to the extent there is one. Originally from Flint, Michigan (where his family still live, and since we see them in the film I'll throw out a 'Go Green!' on behalf of my family's own Michigan State alums), he is now the vice president and co-founder of GeoInvesting. Having steered investors toward Chinese companies offering big financial returns in the early days of this reverse merger era, David eventually realized something fishy was going on and began investigating. The results of his investigations led him to change tactics and spend the last several years raising the alarm -- along with several other people featured in the movie as well -- and trying to get Congress to take action.

Were those efforts successful? Well, he and his allies have been able to expose many fraudulent companies and brought them down, and he's certainly helping spread the word and fighting back by taking the fraudsters' money away. But on the other hand, Congress is generally uninterested in really stopping financial fraud -- indeed, some would say they are enabling and encouraging it via deregulation and blatant attempts to ignore or sideline discussion or revelation of fraud. And the SEC has lacked adequate resources or gusto in these matters, to put it mildly.

Big trouble in China is revealed in Magnolia's 'The China Hustle'

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Dan David has seen first-hand the destruction that economic indifference and exploitative corporate/regulatory mindsets can wage on communities. The film smartly keeps things grounded by time and again returning to the human side of the equation, including David's discussion of what happened to his hometown in Flint, the several ordinary people who lost their life's savings and pensions due to the fraud the film examines, and even the oppression and incarceration faced by an investigator caught gathering information about the fraudulent business practices.

So, you're probably wondering what exactly the 'hustle' itself is all about. I'll try to explain it quickly...

Imagine you do lawn work for a living, mowing yards and trimming hedges and whatnot. Let's say you work on maybe 10 yards per week, to keep it simple, and let's say you have one or two people who help you do the work.

Okay, now imagine someone comes to you from another country -- let's make one up, the imaginary country of Fraudland -- and they tell you, 'Hey, I can put your company on the stock market in Fraudland, and make you rich.' This obviously sounds good to you, so they continue to explain how it works: 'To do it, you have to be tied to a company in Fraudland, so you'll merge with an old defunct paper company and then change its name to your own company's name. Then we can put you on the stock market in that country, and we'll get investors and banks etc there to recommend your company stock, we'll say you're ten times bigger than you are and that you do 1,000 yards per week, and we'll drive up the stock price and inflate the value of your company.'

If at that point you got worried about going to jail because it all sounds illegal, you'd be perfectly reasonable to think so. But that's the punchline to the whole plan, they tell you: 'If we get caught, the banks and firms there in that country will pay some fines, but you'll still get rich and you can't go to jail because here in your country it's not illegal to defraud and take the money from those investors in Fraudland. There's no reason not to do it!'

That, in a very simplified nutshell, is what's going on in The China Hustle. Small companies in China were merged with shell companies in the U.S., put on the stock exchanges, and then claim earnings, revenue, business, and so on that's all far in excess of what the company is really doing. If they're making $10 million, they might claim they're making $100 million, for example. The paperwork is falsified, banks and investment firms and others promote the company as a good investment without doing due diligence to make sure it's real and that the numbers add up, and so billions of dollars pour into these companies that are actually worth vastly less -- sometimes almost nothing at all, apparently -- and then the people committing the fraud, the banks and other financial institutions making huge commissions from investments in those fraudulent enterprises, and others walk away with the money while investors are left holding the bag.

This is the gist of titular hustle laid out in the documentary. They provide substantial evidence to back up these accusations -- much of their claims are clearly documented and proven, while others are larger, broader claims about the nature of the system itself and those who should be policing it but don't, and ultimately whatever denials are offered seem to pale in comparison to the simplicity of the explanations and documentation arguing in favor of the documentary's position.

But while the primary fraud accusations are themselves damning and signal a major threat to global trade and economic stability, there is a more sinister and existential threat at the heart of the story. Quite simply, the implication impossible to ignore here is that most of the major institutions -- banks, brokers, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment firms, and so on -- are perfectly aware of the situation, know the dangers involved, and simply ignore it or actively enable it because it's making everyone filthy stinking rich.

Granted, the idea that our major financial institutions operating at all levels and in all capacities are part of a large systemic, institutionalized corruption is hardly a new concept, and I'm not naive enough to be shocked at revelations of such behavior in our financial system and institutions. But to see so much blatant evidence backing up the notion and explaining just how matter-of-factly everyone goes along with it, and to witness the sheer contempt that regulators and members of Congress have for anyone trying to really expose and stop such frauds, is still infuriating.

The running of the financial bulls is on display in Magnolia's 'The China Hustle'

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It's one thing to talk about people who exploit vulnerabilities in the system and take advantage of it, and quite another thing to talk about the system as full of intentional vulnerabilities to allow exploitation for the enrichment of a few at the expense of the rest of us. Fraud becomes simply a daily part of doing business, and -- as the film notes -- companies literally budget money for payment of fines arising from their participation in inevitable fraud. Of course, the fines tend to consistently be vastly smaller sums of money than the profits made from the fraud, so there's no real incentive to avoid the fraud and every incentive to engage in it.

With the human factor, accessibility, and good pacing working in its favor, The China Hustle also manages plenty of moments of humor -- albeit sometimes dark humor, due to the subject matter -- as well as wearing its ultimate outrage on its sleeve. It's a scary story, even as it often tends to confirm things we already know or at least suspect about the financial system and those who use it to line their own pockets at the expense of everybody else.

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The China Hustle is a briskly paced, easy to understand, humanizing look at what is being called one of the biggest financial frauds in history.

Box office figures and tallies based on data via Box Office Mojo , Rentrak, and TheNumbers.

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