Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1994-09-10
Genre:Crime, Comedy
Duration:93 min
Country:United States of America
Director:George Huang
Actors:Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio del Toro, T.E. Russell
Production:Trimark Pictures, Cineville

Overview:

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.

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