Is Killing Emmett Young sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Killing Emmett Young scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Killing Emmett Young end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Killing Emmett Young easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Killing Emmett Young violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Killing Emmett Young

Name: Killing Emmett Young
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2002
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Scott Wolf, Gabriel Byrne, Tim Roth, Greg Wood, Ira Hawkins

In order to avoid the debilitating effects of a terminal illness, a young detective orders a hit on himself.

Directed by Keith Snyder

2002104 min5.4 / 10

A dark, existentially weighted thriller about a dying detective racing against his own arranged death while hunting a serial killer, grappling with mortality and meaning in his final days.

In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to homicide. He learns he has a disease that will soon kill him painfully, so he hires a stranger to arrange his own death. With one eye on the calendar (he's allowed a few days' grace before his murder), he pursues a final case, the serial killing of young women. Emmett develops a profile of the assailant. Meanwhile, his fixer hires an ex-cop to kill Emmett, a lonely security guard whom the fixer taunts and belittles. In this limited time, can Emmett sort out what's important?

Clusters

Revenge Gone Wrong Consequences Of Wrongdoing Depression and Complicity Murder And Assassination

Genres

Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Keywords

Murder

Questions people ask

Is Killing Emmett Young sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Is Killing Emmett Young scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Does Killing Emmett Young end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Killing Emmett Young easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Killing Emmett Young violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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