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    Samuel L. Jackson

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    Ulysses

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    A Shock to the System 1990 POSTER

    A Shock to the System

    1990

    English

    6.6

    15

    70%

    61%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Crime

    electrocution

    lighter

    murder

    new york city

    sailing

    Thriller

    Jan Egleson Jan Egleson Director Michael Caine Michael Caine as Graham Marshall Will Patton Will Patton as Lt. Laker Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth McGovern as Stella Anderson Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson as Ulysses
    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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