Christoph Waltz is a sinister boss in teaser trailer for Amazon Prime thriller ... trends now

Christoph Waltz plays a boss from hell in the teaser trailer for Amazon Prime's upcoming thriller The Consultant, which dropped on Tuesday.

The Austrian-German actor, 66 - who recently slammed the idea of a female James Bond - plays a menacing consultant named Regus Patoff, who frightens and intimidates his employees after he starts working for a game development firm CompWare.

Despite telling the workers that he's there to 'improve the company' Waltz plays a sinister game as he streamlines the firm by appearing to actually kill some of the employees. 

The short trailer starts out with Waltz standing alone inside the dark company building, before he's approached by two employees Elaine (played by Brittany O'Grady) and Craig (played by Nat Wolff).

'Hello, can I help you?' asks Elaine.

The scene then switches to Waltz aggressively sharpening a stack of red pencils, before addressing his employees.

'Your attention please,' he says in a commanding tone, before introducing himself: 'My name is Regus Patoff.'

As he speaks there is a flurry of shots that show his perfectionistic tendencies, from him trimming his nose hair, clipping his nails, combing his perfectly coiffed hair, and admiring himself in the mirror.

'I offer a very simple service,' he continues, as the next scene shows him examining the employees on the ground floor from his office upstairs.