Director Jed Rothstein has made a documentary that adds to the already extensive evidence of fraudulence in the investment industry. “The China Hustle” exposes the cynical ploys of selling stocks in supposedly successful companies in China.
The problem was that the companies involved were often miserable little enterprises of little value. Thus, those who were sold on them got a royal screwing.
The method of the film is to collect assorted interviews revealing the extent of the problem and the knowing duplicity involved. Some of the film gets to feel repetitive, but Rothstein succeeds overall in putting together a documentary indictment of wrongdoing, which can serve as a warning to those who might fall victim to future schemes. Reviewed March 30, 2018.