A Shock to the System

A dark comedy that asks: what if a middle manager finally snapped? Graham's careful career is derailed when his firm promotes a younger, less experienced executive over him. He decides to solve his problems with a series of murders. It's not exactly subtle.

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Jan Egleson directed A Shock to the System in 1990. See Jan Egleson's full filmography, where to start with Jan Egleson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jan Egleson.

A Shock to the System was released in 1990 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.