The Ax

Some people would die to get (him) this job.

A darkly satirical thriller that traces a middle-class man's descent from optimism to murderous desperation as economic collapse erodes his identity and marriage.

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.