Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.
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A Shock to the System was released in 1990 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 7 reviews, giving A Shock to the System (1990) an average rating of 66%.
Overall, film critics much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 10%. Professional critics enjoyed A Shock to the System far more than standard cinema audiences.
With a score of 66%, A Shock to the System is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1990, which stands at 57%.
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