José Garcia in The Ax (2005)

The Ax

Original title: Le couperet
Movie2005• Not Rated• 1h 57m
ComedyCrimeDramaThriller
⭐ 7.3 / 10(9,195)

A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
1h 57m
Released
2005
Country
France, Belgium, Spain

Details

Release year: 2005

Storyline

A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

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Did you know

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User reviews

⭐ 8/10

A frightening reality

👍 57 · 2/26/2006
⭐ 7/10

Costa Gavras lite but well-aimed

👍 8 · 3/31/2010
⭐ 8/10

Extremely funny

👍 13 · 10/26/2005

Technical specs

Sound mix
DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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