Marx Reloaded is a cultural documentary that examines the relevance of German socialist and philosopher Karl Marx's ideas for understanding the global economic and financial crisis of 2008-09. The crisis triggered the deepest global recession in 70 years and prompted the US government to spend more than 1 trillion dollars in order to rescue its banking system from collapse. Today the full implications of the crisis in Europe and around the world still remain unclear. Nevertheless, should we accept the crisis as an unfortunate side-effect of the free market? Or is there another explanation as to why it happened and its likely effects on our society, our economy and our whole way of life?

Die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise von 2008/2009 löste weltweit die tiefste Rezession seit 70 Jahren aus und veranlasste allein die US-amerikanische Regierung, mehr als eine Billion Dollar einzusetzen, um das Bankensystem vor dem Zusammenbruch zu bewahren. Doch noch heute sind die endgültigen Auswirkungen der Krise in Europa und dem Rest der Welt unklar. Heißt das aber nun, dass man die Krise als einen unglücklichen Nebeneffekt...

현재의 전 지구적 경제위기를 이해하는데 맑스의 사상은 여전히 유효한가? "매트릭스"를 패러디한 애니메이션과 안토니오 네그리, 슬라보예 지젝 등 저명한 학자들과의 인터뷰를 통해 위기의 실체에 다가가려는 지적이고 유쾌한 시도. 파란 알약과 빨간 알약, 당신은 무엇을 집을 것인가?