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Midlife crises are a normal event for many forty-plus American males, and Alex (Bill Macy) seems no different from the average. He is going through a very difficult time. He has a marriage that's been through the normal ups and downs but is now struggling, a young son who he's devoted to but worried about, and a particularly stressful job: he works for his father in the family business...and kills people for a living. More than the specific tensions that this particular occupation brings with it
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When Alex (William H. Macy) confesses to a shrink (John Ritter) that he kills people for a living, he honestly doesn't know why he's visiting a psychiatrist. To us, though, Alex's ennui is palpable; he looks as if he's among the walking dead. We see him kill a man in broad daylight and nod to his victim almost apologetically before throwing the gun away. An emotional cripple thanks to his domineering dad (played by Donald Sutherland as household evil personified), Alex can't get out of the "family business" or experience normal human joy. (Full review)