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A Shock to the System Details

1990

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Starring	Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz
Director	Jan Egleson
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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A Shock to the System

Madison Avenue exec Graham Marshall has paid his dues. He has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife to get his well-deserved promotion. But all that changed when his promotion is given to someone else. Annoyed and frustrated, Graham arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife, then seduces a young worker into his dark plot to create another "mishap", this time for his new boss. It seems like the world is finally Graham's oyster... but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.

Starring	Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, Jenny Wright
Director	Jan Egleson
Studio	DELTA VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 24 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Comedy, Drama
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
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- Alec Guinness played almost all the parts in the homicidal black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Michael Caine, with a... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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  Shockingly good
  
  Rented this not really knowing what to expect - but anticipating mildly watchable with emabarrassing 80s overtones.
  
  In actual fact it turned out to ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Dec 2004 at 08:04
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  Quality Caine
  
  This was cheaply put together, with some bad acting in places, but what a good little film and Caine is his masterful self in it whe he is allowed to be, ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Feb 2012 at 14:48
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  Excellent
  
  Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed this film. Michael Caine is superb, the darkness to his character comes out so quickly that it's a surprise but you soon get... read more »
  
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  - 12 Jan 2009 at 08:50
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  a shock to the system
  
  Good story line, Michael Caine carries this movie.
  
  Slightly unexpected ending - enjoyable overall.
  
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