The Ax (2005)
Le Couperet
"Some people would die to get (him) this job."
ThumbScore
👍 74%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 80%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Yvon Back as Etienne Barnet
Thierry Hancisse as Inspector Kesler
Olga Grumberg as Iris Thompson
Geordy Couturiau as Maxime Davert
Is The Ax good?
Most people think so. 74% audience score, estimated from 234 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
