5.4/10
NETFLIX Rating : 2.8
IMDB Rating : 5.2
FD Smart Rating : 5.4
Synopsis : When marketing exec Peter hires temp employee Kris as his assistant, his rivals start turning up dead, and his career begins to take off.
Regions Available ( 5 ) :
Guernsey
, Ireland
, Isle of Man
, Jersey
, United Kingdom
Colleen Flynn , Faye Dunaway , Dakin Matthews , Dwight Schultz , Lara Flynn Boyle , Timothy Hutton , Scott Coffey , Oliver Platt , Maura Tierney , Steven Weber , Lin Shaye
English , English [Original]
English
Drama, Thriller
1993
1h36m
Suitable for 15 years and over
A cookie company takeover has employees scrambling to make a case for continued employment. An executive's administrative assistant takes paternity leave, and he gets a temp who is too good to be true, doing tasks at a fast pace and doing quite a bit of creative work for the project. The executive starts noticing that all the obstacles to his climb up the corporate ladder are disappearing, including the death of some of his rivals. When his regular admin returns to work, his temp, who has made it clear that she wishes to stay with him, begins her own accelerated climb up the ladder, and he begins wondering if she was responsible for the removal of the obstacles.