Film Review – Billionaire Boys Club

While controversial and on the quickie side, 1987’s “Billionaire Boys Club” (which aired on NBC) managed to catch the ambiance of the 1980s by sheer proximity to the true crime details of a 1983 murder that inspired the production. 2018’s “Billionaire Boys Club” looks like a collection of baby-faced actors playing dress-up, straining to sell the wonders of the decade with a well-worn story of drugs, lies, and greed. Co-writer/director James Cox has been unsuccessful in true crime before, with 2003’s tepid “Wonderland,” and his streak of mediocrity continues here, fumbling through scenes of financial swindling, broheim swagger, and venomous confrontations, with the big screen take somehow less cinematic than the television film.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com