In the movie The Big Short, based on the best selling non-fiction book of the same name, four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
The Big Short is from Michael Lewis, the same author of Moneyball and The Blind Side.
Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt costar in the film.