Swimming with Sharks (1994)

Posted : 2 months, 3 weeks ago at Sep 2 0:33

by Dane Youssef Now here is a movie for those looking for an attack on white-collar corporate office life, the spinning gears of Hollywood. And not overblown with big-budget special effects, scatological humor and saccarine-coated deluded big-screen implausibilities. For those looking for something really strongly written by a veteran of it's field and performed by pure-blooded thespains in the low-budget indie vein. "Swimming With Sharks" seems to owe more than a little something to "Dilbert." The movie is more about Corporate America than Hollywood. There are a lot of white-collar touches that apply to offices, cublicles and other such rather than the Hollywood spin machine. Like Robert Altman's "The Player," this is one of those thrillers about people in "the biz" who are driv...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 13 12:21

This is one of the best performances ever by Kevin Spacey. He plays a vicious producer named Buddy who verbally mocks, belittles, insults and yells at all his assistants, with the vast majority of the mental torture aimed at his assistant, Guy, who only puts up with it so he can get ahead in the industry. But when Buddy steals Guy's idea for a blockbuster movie, Guy snaps and kidnaps his boss, and plans a night of torture and revenge on him. Warning to the squirmy; this movie is loaded to the brink with swear words, and the torture scenes near the end are nearly at par with 'Misery', so be warned. An interesting side note, this was Huang's directorial and writing debut, but the character of 'Buddy' was loosely based on his former boss, some big shot Hollywood producer, who was not...Read more

Rating : 8/10