Murphy directs The aSaaSination

SMUGGLER Director Shannon Murphy brings her sharply observant sensibility to The aSaaSination for monday.com, a comedic satire of modern work that cuts to the heart of how AI should actually be integrated in practice.

The film follows a company undergoing a sweeping, cost-cutting shift from a full SaaS stack to a new AI system mid-transaction, triggering a fast-moving, high-stakes unraveling that feels both absurd and entirely believable. Murphy builds this world with escalating tension, blending executive drama, corporate satire and system-level chaos into something instantly recognizable. Sharp dialogue and dry humour drive the storytelling, as departments scramble and workflows fracture, until one employee cuts through the noise. Using AI Agents, she restores structure, rebuilds workflows in real time and keeps the business operational with calm, exacting control.

Murphy’s direction blends tonal precision and deep human insight. Rather than framing AI as threat or miracle, she uses it as a mirror, revealing the friction between ambition, efficiency culture and the lived reality of getting work done. Her ability to balance clarity with comedy keeps the satire grounded and cutting, exposing recognisable behaviours without tipping into caricature. The result is a world that feels sharp and fully lived-in, where real success comes not from wholesale replacement, but from understanding how people and systems work best together.