A Shock to the System

An adman finds that murder can help one climb the corporate ladder., Blackly comic crime caper about an ambitious advertising executive who sees murder as the quickest route to the top of his profession. But as the body count steadily climbs, he finds a detective and a co-worker hot on his trail., Comic crime caper about an ambitious advertising executive who sees murder as the quickest route to the top of his profession. However, as the body count steadily climbs, he finds a detective and a co-worker hot on his trail., When the promotion an advertising executive was expecting goes to an ambitious, younger colleague, he begins to plot the murders of several of his colleagues., In this black comedy, middle-aged advertising executive Michael Caine loses his long-awaited promotion to a younger man. In frustration, Caine accidentally pushes a panhandler in front of a subway train — and he gets away with the death. He then begins plotting the murder of several of his corporate enemies.