A Nasty Piece of Work is a fun and funny thriller about the mental strains of living a corporate life. Julian Sands stars as Steve Essex, the CEO of a corporation who has no regard for the people who work for him. During the Christmas season, Essex invites his employee Ted (Kyle Howard) to his mansion for a gathering. What Ted and his wife Tatum (Angela Sarafyan) discover is that the invitation isn’t for a party, but for a night of psychological games where Essex pits Ted against a rival employee to see how far they’ll go to advance in the company.