Not a chance in hell. When I read the synopsis for this movie I thought, "Seriously? Would anyone even think twice about such an absurd offer?" Now, I know there's lots of real low-life people, scum-bags, murderers, who would have no problem doing it. Sure, people like that exist out there - some in my town, some in yours. And they wouldn't think it over, either. But the vast majority of the planet, the regular folk, you know, if there was even a few minutes of serious deliberation I'd be more surprised than disappointed or worried. Take your typical couple, realistically, they wouldn't do it (unless they were really, really bad people) and that voids them from "typical couple" status. Imagining going over this scenario with my wife is laughable.
It reminds me of another scenario that is more commonly used in stories: accidentally killing someone and then trying to cover it up. The character is faced with a moral dilemma, but it's realistic because the character is usually a good person who has made a horrible mistake. The body is already dead - the killer admitting to it won't bring the victim back to life - why should the killer ruin his life too? That's something someone can justify in a state of panic and it happens from time to time in real life. Sure they'll feel guilty for the family of the victim... but it's living with that knowledge or spending time in jail. In movies/books, usually the writer can come up with a scenario that most of us can sympathize with and relate to.
On the other hand, someone thinking about pushing a button for money, but someone will die - an act they have time to think about - we're dealing with a cold dilemma here. All of us could use a million dollars - houses, loans, schools, whatever - but on the condition that someone will die (thanks to you)? Does anyone really want their home paid off bad enough that they'd take a human life? Do you really want to drive around in your Blood-Beamer you purchased by snuffing out some kid, mom, war vet, average Joe? There's no way to justify taking the life, either - like some staving African kid is somehow worth less. "But honey, what if the person who dies is just some crippled kid in a wheelchair?" Won't we actually be doing him a favor? Plus we get money. It's a victimless crime." :-| Normal people don't think like that - the fact that they don't "know" who it is or have to do the killing is irrelevant.
Well, this response was about 17 lines longer than it needed to be... but I was bored. In short - no matter how you twist it, if you decide you want money bad enough to kill someone you may as well just face them and twist the knife into their back yourself. I think this story is rather ridiculous.
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