Man-su is a seasoned specialist in the paper industry. He lives the perfect life with a wife, two children, and two dogs in a beautiful house. But when he suddenly loses his job, his life falls apart. Man-su is now at risk of losing everything. And when he fails to break back into the job market, he finds himself compelled to hatch a dark and methodical plan. Park Chan-wook, known for Oldboy and The Handmaiden, delivers a razor-sharp satire of modern working life and capitalism's demand for constant self-reinvention. The film is based on Donald Westlake's novel The Ax, weaving pitch-black humor together with social commentary.