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Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

70
Balasaur Score
Worth a look

1994 · Movie · 1h 33m · R

The read

Scores higher than 76% of the 713 1990s crime movies in this catalog.

Synopsis

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.

Ratings

IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic66/100

343 audience votes

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Shares: Dark Comedy · Crime

Themes

careerkidnappingmanipulationdark comedysatirepunishmentrevengehollywoodlos angeles, californiahumiliationdisgruntled workerverbal abuse

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