
A young Hollywood executive becomes the assistant to a big time movie producer who is the worst boss imaginable: abusive, abrasive and cruel. But soon things turn around when the young executive kidnaps his boss and visits all the cruelties back on him.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young Hollywood executive becomes the assistant to a big time movie producer who is the worst boss imaginable: abusive, abrasive and cruel. But soon things turn around when the young executive kidnaps his boss and visits all the cruelties back on him.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyDespite some sharp dialogue, this is a nasty, derivative film, sort of a cross between Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Altman's The Player. |
| Film.comJohn HartlKevin Spacey, who is the reason to see the picture, is hilariously ruthless as Buddy Ackerman. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonAs fine a 'revenge on the boss from hell' movie as the wickedly vindictive 9 to 5 (and as outrageous a satire on Hollywood as The Player). |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonUnfortunately, Spacey's no-holds-barred portrait is about the only reason to take in Huang's low-budget, writing-directing debut. The story line proceeds predictably, though often unpersuasively. |
| DVDTalk.comScott WeinbergIt's darkly hilarious, smoothly entertaining, and almost sinfully cruel. And the finalé packs a real stinger. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeThis is a really funny black comedy that satisfies anyone's needs to ever beat up their awful, power-hungry bosses. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert[Huang's] plot may be overwritten and the ending may be less than satisfying, but his eye and ear are right. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewThe picture's raison d'être has to be Spacey's 'loud and nasty' performance: he's the sort of actor who grabs you by the throat and beats you about the head without ever lifting his feet from the desk. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesSpacey takes such palpable delight in being a suave hard-ass that it's impossible not to like him. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerTo outsiders, all this rage and gnashing of teeth may seem silly and self-absorbed. |