A Shock to the System
“Climbing the corporate ladder can be murder.”
CrimeComedy
When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance.
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A slick, cynical descent into suburban madness. It feels like a dark, twisted corporate satire where ambition curdles into murder. The city's neon glow hides a creeping dread and a darkly humorous unraveling.
darkly comediccynicalthrillingunsettlingsteady80s excessneo-noirdark comedymidlife crisissociopathycorporate greedsuburban ennui
new york citybased on novel or booksailinglightermurderelectrocutionadvertising executiveadvertising agencymadison avenuecorporate ladder
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