The specifics of its conceit are so well suited to the winners-vs.-losers realities of our economic moment viewers may be disinclined to poke holes in its logic.

An ingenious and macabre debut.

Under the guise of a gruesome survival tale, Gold functions as an experimental treatise on the rottenness of human beings, particularly male ones.

Although Traders isn't quite as effective, it's funny, gory and consistently entertaining, with an interesting concept at its core.