Category: Movie genre internet

I watched The Swarm '78 for want of something to do yesterday and then remembered I was supposed to shop for food! blur That reminded me about a 'b' movie that I saw about two years ago that I had not seen before Shock to The System c1990 .
trivera: Crime DOES Pay if You Kill Horrible People!!!
Who says Michael Caine is a so-so actor? He plays the perfect combination of a truly nice guy ground down by his shrewish wife, his slimy peer-then-boss, and corporate life, in general. Movies like this give us corporate slaves a little relief from the utter amoral depravity of the 'civilized' world we inhabit in these rabbit warrens, otherwise known as 'Cubical Hell'.
This man makes you completely sympathize with every one of his murders, all nicely planned to look like accidents. In fact, I am amazed that some lawyer hasn't pulled the 'Shock to the System' defense. Certainly, it has as much attraction for the frustrated as the films usually blamed. It's just more subtle, more high-brow and takes a little more finesse.
The detective is wonderfully nosy, but how he can walk up to Caine in the middle of New York City is quite amazing to me. A little too much dramatic license, too much coincidence to be believable but you tend to forget your logical approach to life.
Reality is easily suspended as Caine gets in his licks for all the humuliations we nice people have suffered in the corporate world, where the rapacious are rewarded by CEO salaries. The laughs are fast and furious, all delivered in that great understated British fashion.
Mr. Downtrodden gets his licks in and when the new boss talks about his Cessna, you've already fixed the engine. There are traces of 'The Ruling Class' in here, as Mr. Nice Guy becomes king of the mountain by firing everyone 'who is not a contributor', thus ingratiating himself with Mr. Cessna. McGovern gives her Basset hound, soulful looks all through the film, and you feel her conflict about turning this wonderful guy in. She is promoted out and away, and all is well, which is usual for corporate shenanigans. They just usually don't involve murder.
..if you run into a dull period it's worth the oh' compare.. it's about a straight executive that has not the internet plan and is bought out but goes on to do something..it's a bit old hat now but it had what substance there was then..and then there was Hackers c1995 and Angelina Jolie as acid burn and
Jonny Lee Miller as 'Crash Override'/'Zero Cool' I'm not counting Sneakers c1992 though