Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: First Look Pictures
Shock to the System is a black comedy about a middle-aged advertising executive (
Michael Caine) who loses his long-awaited promotion to a younger man (
Peter Reigret). In frustration, Caine accidentally pushes a panhandler in front of a subway train--and he gets away with the death. Realizing that committing murder might be a little easier than he previously had thought, he begins plotting the murder of several of his corporate enemies.
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide