Movie review: All The Money In The World

Perhaps it is the desensitisation from years of movies demonising the love of money, 'All The Money In The World' goes to Thanos (Universal Villain) lengths to justify the distaste for extreme wealth which holds obvious poor victims captive.

Christopher Plummer blends in well with the gloomy gray world of oil and suits Pulse

In this bewildering thriller, you are left gaping at a wealthy man who doesn't apologise for nor with his wealth, putting the world around him to a test against it.

The 16-year-old John Paul Getty (Charlie Plummer), grandson to an oil billionaire, struts on the streets of Italy in the middle of the night with the confidence that an extremely wealthy background, ironically, should not warrant. Unsurprisingly, he is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Michelle Williams as Gail Harris Pulse

John's mother Gail Harris (Michelle Williams) enters a desperate attempt to get her son back even approaching her wealthy father-in-law with whom she shares a strained relationship. The old man is faced with his own fears of losing his money beside the distraught mother who lost her husband to drugs and now faces losing her child.

Christopher Plummer and Mark Walhberg Pulse

Getty Sr. (Christopher Plummer) enlists the service of his advisor Fletcher Chace (Mark Walhberg) to help him get the grandson with minimal expenses. Fletcher is all business and cold facts but as the negotiations become more brutal, he forms a close connection with Gail.

Charlie Plummer Pulse

His allegiance to Getty Sr.'s cold money-minded world slowly melts away beside Gail's value for family over everything else.

Help comes from unexpected allies who deliver Paul back to his mother and the small family inherits Getty's properties shortly after he dies from a heart attack.