• Director(s)

    Jan Egleson

  • Production Year

    1990

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

  • Cast

    Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert

Film

A Shock To The System

strong language, sex references

A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM is US dark comedy in which an advertising executive, bitter that he missed out on a promotion, seeks revenge on those who have made his life miserable.…

A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM is US dark comedy in which an advertising executive, bitter that he missed out on a promotion, seeks revenge on those who have made his life miserable.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other milder terms ('arseholes', 'God' and 'damn').
sex
A couple can be heard having loud sex, followed by a post-coital scene.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Various people die after a man meticulously plans their deaths using booby traps, but their murders are merely implied rather than depicted on-screen. There are verbal and visual references to 'downers', including a scene in which a man laces a woman's drink so that he can leave their date early. A man falls in front of an oncoming subway train following an altercation with another. A person is found dead after taking their own life.

  • Director(s)

    Jan Egleson

  • Production Year

    1990

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

  • Cast

    Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert

Classified Date:
03/05/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
19/02/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
101 Films Limited
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other milder terms ('arseholes', 'God' and 'damn').
sex
A couple can be heard having loud sex, followed by a post-coital scene.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Various people die after a man meticulously plans their deaths using booby traps, but their murders are merely implied rather than depicted on-screen. There are verbal and visual references to 'downers', including a scene in which a man laces a woman's drink so that he can leave their date early. A man falls in front of an oncoming subway train following an altercation with another. A person is found dead after taking their own life.
Classified Date:
06/02/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Content Partners
Classified Date:
10/04/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
The Communications Practice
Classified Date:
05/06/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Delta Music Plc
Classified Date:
06/03/1992
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Polygram Video Ltd
Classified Date:
19/12/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
30/10/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
24/10/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
12/09/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd

  • Classified date

    19/02/2024