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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 05/25/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: First Look Pictures Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Comedy Drama, Thriller, Satire, Black Comedy, Comedy Thriller

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

Michael Caine - Graham Marshall
Elizabeth McGovern - Stella Anderson
Peter Riegert - Robert Benham
Swoosie Kurtz - Leslie Marshall
Will Patton - Lieutenant Laker

When a hard-working advertising executive is passed over for a lucrative promotion, he expresses his disappointment through murder in this black comedy from First Look. The film is presented in 1.33:1 full-frame and offering audio rendered in English Dolby Digital 5.1. Extra features include an interview with director Jan Egleson, a gallery of movie stills, and an additional scene/alternate ending. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide