Mx Player The Wolf Of Wall Street

[Danel Potvin]

Wall Street" is a figure of speech representing the largest investment houses, banks, and brokerages in the United States, many of them headquartered in the financial district of lower Manhattan. Many of these firms make money by identifying and investing in companies that are likely to see an increase in valuation. Others make money by selling research information, or investing money on behalf of their clients in exchange for a commission of sales.

The name "Wall Street" comes from the wall erected by Dutch settlers to protect their colony from British and other invaders. As New York City grew, the wall was replaced by a street that eventually became the address of the New York Stock Exchange.

Most Americans keep their retirement savings in a 401(k) or other tax-advantaged retirement account, where these savings are invested in the stocks and bonds issued by different companies. If the stock market suffers, retirement savings will also shrink as the value of those stocks goes down. In addition, the value of a company's stocks will determine whether that company can invest in new facilities or hire new employees.

Retro gaming fans will remember the 1986 arcade classic Rampage as an all-out monster brawl, where the player can take the form of George the gorilla, Lizzie the lizard or Ralph the werewolf and destroy cities. A film adaptation of the Rampage gaming franchise is now making its way down the pipeline, following in the footsteps of such recent games-turned movies as Warcraft, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and Assassin's Creed, among others.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, quite possibly the busiest A-list actor in Hollywood right now, is headlining the upcoming Rampage movie, along with Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike) costarring. The involvement of The Rock tends to elevate any film to a more successful level these days, but Rampage also continues to assemble an impressive supporting cast for itself - one that now appears to have added a The Wolf of Wall Street and Horrible Bosses veteran to its ranks.

Tracking Board is reporting that P.J. Byrne is in talks to join the cast of Rampage. P.J. is just fresh coming off his role in the HBO limited TV series Big Little Lies and has been lending his voice as Firestorm in the cartoon network superhero series, Justice League Action. Byrne also appeared in HBO's short-lived Vinyl TV series last year, reuniting him with Wolf of Wall Street screenwriter Terence Winter.

Byrne is reportedly playing a scientist in Rampage, who works closely with a gorilla that begins to act strangely at the wildlife park that he and Johnson's character work at. This gorilla will presumably morph into a giant building-smashing beast at some point in the film. This certainly does go along with The Rock's character details that we learned late last year. Director Brad Peyton (San Andreas) has explained that The Rock's character is going to have a deep emotional connection with animals, but not so much with people. It looks like The Rock may end up being on the side of the giant "monsters" in the film.

Rampage is set to be not just a simple tribute to a classic video game, but will be a true monster movie that includes horror elements that will make it emotional and scary, beyond the audience expectation (in theory, anyway). The Rampage game had a fairly basic plot and there isn't a lot of history to be utilized, so the film has a large gap to fill in that respect, story-wise.

Leonardo DiCaprio's new flick, The Wolf of Wall Street, has been nominated for five Oscars. If you've not seen the film, it is a wild, hedonistic and down-right scandalous take on real-life human Jordan Belfort's fraudulent early life as a crooked stockbroker on Wall Street.

It's really rather good, though we can't tell you too much about it because (a) we don't want to issue spoilers and (b) most of it is rather X-rated.

What we can tell you, however, it that because TWOWS is a period film, the producers got to play with the period vehicles of the 1980s and 1990s. And, as any car aficionado will attest, this era provided the world with supercars that adorned the bedroom walls of many a teenager.

So, as The Wolf of Wall Street will feature heavily at the upcoming Oscars ceremony, here are some examples of the cars in the film you can actually buy, accompanied with rather a large disclaimer. TopGear.com cannot be held responsible for the quality, integrity or general rubbishness of any of the cars featured. You buy one, it's your liability.

Now, to get in you the mood, here's a small ritual we urge you to carry out before you go and buy one.

Producers of TWOWS actually used a real, 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach for that infamous scene which we really can't publish details of on this site. But, perhaps no other car typified the 1980s as much as a Lamborghini Countach.

Essentially, the 512 TR was an evolution of the 80s Testarossa. Improvements over its predecessor included a more powerful 5.0-litre flat 12, producing 428bhp and 362lb ft of torque, lower suspension and an exterior facelift. It was good for a 0-62mph time of 4.8 seconds, and a really quite bloody fast top speed of 195mph. Here's one we found for a whisker under 60k, fully maintained by a Ferrari specialist.

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OK, so it's not a car that Leo or his co-stars actually drive in the movie, but the Spider takes pride of place during some of the film's scenery - including a drive past the 120 Broadway Building in NYC. The actual Alfa used in the film is being sold on eBay, with a rather optimistic starting bid of $54,999 (unsurprisingly, it's had no bids at the time of writing). We've found another '87 Alfa Romeo Spider - in red, not silver - with 72,000 miles on the clock and weighing in at a far more reasonable 4396.

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Again, another bit-part player in the film, but another that signifies just how excellent some of the machinery of the era was. And they came no finer than the W140 S-Class, the first of the S-Class models to feature a V12, and Merc's most powerful passenger car (at the time). Here's a silver one from 1992 with 86,000 miles on the clock, that lovely 6.0-litre V12 and a first owner claimed to be the Sultan of Brunei's son. Yours for just 8999.

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Ah, the Jaaaag. A pivotal car in the film, because it's the car that Leo drives when [SPOILER ALERT].

As for the Jag, well, what can we add to Jeremy's tribute from Series 17? The E-Type was the poster car of the 1960s, influenced the new F-Type, and it remains one of the finest things to emerge from Blighty. Here's a Series I roadster, with 3.8 litres of vintage British engineering, a retrimmed interior, full restoration and a price tag of 99950.

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A brief player in The Wolf of Wall Street, there's a shot of a 911 sitting in Jordan Belfort's (that's Leo's character) garage. This Porsche takes a step back from the film's Eighties-Nineties setting, instead representing the Seventies; that fine decade where Porsche's 911 began to cement its scary reputation. Here's a 3.0-litre Carrera in LHD, with an orange paintjob, black leather interior, classic Fuchs alloys (thumbs up) and the subject of a full and proper restoration. Yours for 34,995. If you need convincing, this is a very, very cool car.

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This one's a bit of a Top Gear favourite, what with James testing out the restored KWE XJ-S many moons ago, and of course, our nitrous-powered effort that scorched the world's supercars way back when. The Jag XJ-S was the original E-Type replacement, based on the XJ saloon, helping to cement the Jaaaag moniker. You got a 5.3-litre V12 as standard, but later straight-sixes were added to the line-up.

Most likely the one in the film was a V12 - TWOWS firmly adhering to the 'more is more' philosophy - so here's one in red, with red leather seats, 100,000 miles on the clock and a full service history. You get such luggzuries as a trip computer, cruise control, electric windows and central locking, all for bargain price of 2995. Fur coat not included.

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Ah the SL Benz. It remains one of the most desirable Mercs in the range, and in this R129 guise is fast becoming a future classic. Big, chunky looks marks it out as an early Nineties Benz, and again, because the film is all about excess, here's a minter we found with just 18,000 miles on the clock, and a socking great V12 under the bonnet. Yes folks, it's an SL600, this one complete with full MB service history and every toy thrown at it.

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