NICK HENDRICKS (Jason Bateman) is an underling at a finance company, ruled with a steely glare by Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), who has hinted that Nick will be in line for a promotion if he arrives at 6am every day.
Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis) loves his job at a company run by Jack Pellitt (Donald Sutherland), who treats Kurt as more of a son than the cocaine-snorting fruit of his loins, Bobby (Colin Farrell). That is until Jack suffers a heart attack and Bobby seizes control of the company, gleefully draining the company accounts dry.
Meanwhile, dental assistant Dale Arbus (Charlie Day) is sexually harassed by his boss, Dr Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston). So when jailbird Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx) plants the idea of a chain reaction of seemingly accidental deaths, the men are intrigued. The cast of Horrible Bosses throw themselves at the material with gusto, particularly the three villains.
Sadly, the plot and the characterisation is quite flimsy, and the screenwriters struggle to bring the murderous mayhem to a satisfying conclusion.
