TV-trained writer-director Michael Caleo's tricky thriller/melodrama about the high-pressure world of sales mines the same vein of frustration, cut-throat competitiveness and sweaty desperation as David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) before taking a "Gotcha!" turn that's both less visceral and thoroughly unconvincing.
Foul-tempered and fouler-mouthed (or perhaps it's the other way around) salesman Ted Riker (Michael Keaton) is the secret weapon of his company's New York City office. Ted was single-handedly responsible for almost two thirds of all sales last quarter, and as far as he's concerned there's no secret to being good at selling: It's a blood spo...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
96 mins