![]() I didn't expect the finale to go down the path it did. Sometimes the plot can be a little too elaborate in the consequences and suspicions (prying detective), but it did catch me off guard. His interactions with Swoosie Krutz (playing his materialistic wife) were some of the best moments. Knowing now, getting what he wants he needs to be coldly calculative, sly, string people along and thinking outside the box (possibly murder) to make it happen. The anger is released with some venomous sprays. His likable, laidback persona gets used, and downtrodden on. He's the life of the party here, pitch-perfect in delivery. pretty much doing his usual Michael Caine shtick. However the thing that stood out was Michael Caine. Directed with style, cinematography showed elasticity and a score vigorously on key. But one little slip-up could see it all come crashing down. So he goes about setting up one fatal accident after another, in the process of making his life easier and to get that position. Filled with dark understated humor, personal psychosis and merciless corporate satire a seasoned New York marketing executive turns to murder, after an incident in the subway to resolve those "difficulties". ![]() "A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM" feeds off it, by presenting a dry, biting drama with a violent twist. Until you realise it's all clockwork in this dog eat dog world. There was unknown competition from within. ![]() Eyes on the prize, but you didn't realize what was happening around you. You were that sure of yourself, focused right in, everyone talking you up, even your wife. Someone else comes in and snatches it right under your nose. However sometimes dreams aren't meant to be, no matter the effort you put in and the confidence you bestow. Starting from scratch working your way to the top. All that hard work, dreaming of that well-deserved promotion, by putting in everyday. ![]()
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