Music is by Gary Chang and cinematography by Paul Goldsmith. It stars Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Will Patton and Swoosie Kurtz. Here's hoping it someday gets the recognition it deserves.Ī Shock to the System is directed by Jan Egleson and adapted to screenplay by Andrew Klavan from the novel written by Simon Brett. All the roles are well done by a cast of top character actors. McGovern has the unenviable role of "the girl" but pulls it off and her makes her character sympathetic and believable. You see him slowly turn from a quiet, unassuming man into a ruthless, cunning killer-a really great acting job. The movie is short (about 90 minutes).just as long as it should be. The direction is great-crooked camera angles are used to convey Caine's state of mind and a great sequence that cross-cuts between a double murder and him with Elizabeth McGovern (an office worker he supposedly falls in love with). My guess is that this movie was too dark for most viewers to handle. Why? Probably because it's an intelligent, scary, very black and very funny movie.
I remember it got great reviews and I saw it with a sold-out audience that applauded at the end. Now he decides to go after everybody else who wronged him.
Nobody sees him do it and he feels a great sense of power and freedom over getting away with it. Upset over his job he accidentally pushes the guy onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train killing him completely. While waiting for the subway one night, a bum bothers him for money. Michael Caine, a mild-mannered successful businessman, is passed over for a big promotion that goes to a younger man (Peter Riegert).
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