Underrated 90s movies you need to see

There are "better" movies I could recommend than "A Shock to the System". "One False Move" and "A Simple Plan" come to mind. But what happened to this 1990 corporate comedy, a film with only 5,300 user votes on IMDb?

The film's premise and themes place it somewhere between "Wall Street" and "American Psycho". Graham Marshall (Michael Caine) is an advertising executive and lifer who is set to lead his division, replacing his old friend, George (John McMartin). However, with the deal nearly done, Graham is passed over in favor of Bob Benham (Peter Rigert), a devious careerist who is about 10 years younger than Graham.

Depressed, Graham leaves the office early and begins his journey to Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, Leslie (Swoosie Kurtz), the proverbial materialist. Before Graham gets on the subway, he has a run-in with an aggressive homeless man, who falls onto the tracks and is killed by an oncoming train.

Graham isn't just relieved when he gets away with the near miss - he's inspired. From now on, there will be no more compromises. If anyone gets in his way, Graham will kill them. Not with a gun or a knife, though. It's vulgar. Instead, the executive gets creative, designing deaths to look like accidents. This Machiavellianism unfolds with lively plotting, gallows humor and satirical observations about career, money and suburban life. Dialogue and bite could be sharper, but "A Shock to the System" is a gripping 90-minute power trip.