Coffee, Kill Boss

A well-intended if somewhat tedious dark comedy, filmmaker Nathan Marshall's Coffee, Kill Boss is set in the offices of a corporation on a day when the acquisition of the company looms large. With executives positioned to become very wealthy through the merger, it's important that nothing goes wrong. Naturally, this makes a string of murders in the boardroom terribly inconvenient, as company bosses start dropping one by one, making the secret killer clearly one of the dwindling number of survivors. Unfortunately, a winning premise suffers in the execution, as the comedy becomes more frantic and silly rather than smart and ironic. The capable cast includes the great Robert Forster, Eddie Jemison, Noureen DeWulf, and Zibby Allen, who are forced by the script to deliver over-the-top performances. Optional. (T. Keogh)