Oliver Stone’s sequel to 1987’s “Wall Street” is more of the final installment in a trilogy of “W” movies that tackle definitive moments in the last decade including “World Trade Center” and “W.”

In “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Michael Douglas reprises his role as the now older and softer machiavellian Gordon Gekko.

While Shia LaBeouf’s Jake Moore tries to capitalize on the growing “green energy” bubble, Stone makes a point to address the behind-the-curtain machinations that led to the government bailout of Wall Street.

The movie’s triumph is in making us dismiss greed because of the barrage of information we get in the experience, which parallels that of Jake as a young stock trader.

There’s an abundance of stock market jargon, combatant and witty tete-a-te between suits and multiple layers of betrayal.

Unfortunately, Stone undermines it all with a predictable narrative twist followed by the most schmaltzy of resolutions.

Like Gekko’s character, it’s all too soft to believe.