A Shock to the System
1990 · TMDB 6.5
Directed by Jan Egleson
When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance.
Why it matters
Michael Caine plays Graham Marshall, a corporate climber who discovers that murder can be the ultimate career move. A dark satire of ambition that treats homicide as a logical extension of the rat race.
From The Camera as Weapon
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Released
- 1990-03-23
- Studio
- Brigand Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.5
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