Dark comedy, with even darker photography, about an ad exec who goes on a selective little murder spree when he's passed over for promotion. ("He was your superior, wasn't he?" "No, he was my boss.") Darkest laugh: he sets about scattering the ashes of his electrocuted wife, and the wind blows the first handful back in his face. The sorcerer motif (developed exclusively in the narration) is a bit pretentious, and the suspense near the end is a bit straight and heavy. But Michael Caine, with an acid level as high as in The Romantic Englishwoman or Deathtrap, moves nimbly through it all, and Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, and Will Patton keep pace nicely. Directed by Jan Egleson. (1990) — Duncan Shepherd
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