In a not-too-distant New York, Wall Street wonderboy Eric Packer faces the shock and swift repercussions of a bad investment. As he watches the empire he built crumble away, he's forced to navigate a cross-city odyssey to piece together clues about his imminent assassination.
Cosmopolis
New York City, not-too-distant future: Eric Packer, a 28 year-old finance golden boy is the uncontested king of the Wall Street galaxy. But as he is chauffeured from one place to another, his thoughts remain on the yuan's exchange rate — and all the money he's losing having bet against it. Chaos grips the city as the real world encroaches on a society built on virtual connections, while Packer sets out on a 24-hour odyssey that was precipitated by information about his imminent assassination.
