Emmett's Mark
2002 American film
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Emmett's Mark is a 2002 American thriller film directed by Keith Snyder, and starring Scott Wolf, Khandi Alexander, Talia Balsam, Sarah Clarke, John Doman, with Tim Roth and Gabriel Byrne.[1] The film also features Ira Hawkins, Benjamin John Parrillo, Elizabeth Reaser, Carolyn McCormick, Adam LeFevre, and Greg Wood, along with Roundhouse Ron as the Crime Scene Unit movie consultant for the Philadelphia Police Department.
| Emmett's Mark | |
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| Directed by | Keith Snyder |
| Written by | Keith Snyder |
| Produced by | Bradley Fuller Graham Taylor |
| Starring | Scott Wolf Khandi Alexander Talia Balsam Sarah Clarke John Doman Tim Roth Gabriel Byrne |
| Cinematography | Lawrence Sher |
| Edited by | Caroline Ross |
| Music by | Steve Porcaro |
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| Country | United States |
The film was also released under the title Killing Emmett Young.[2] Scenes from the movie were filmed at North Penn High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
Plot
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. When he is about to solve his case and he is ready to face his destiny, Emmett is informed that his diagnosis was wrong, and he tries to reach for the fixer he had hired.
Cast
- Scott Wolf as Emmett Young
- Khandi Alexander as Det. Middlestat
- Talia Balsam as Suzanne
- Sarah Clarke as Sarah
- John Doman as Capt. Berman
- Tim Roth as John Harrett/Frank Dwyer
- Gabriel Byrne as Jack Marlow/Stephen Bracken
- Ira Hawkins as Det. Birch
- Benjamin John Parrillo as Det. Chris Ricks
- Elizabeth Reaser as Alison Holmes
- Carolyn McCormick as Mrs. Carlin
- Adam LeFevre as Officer Jim Fields
- Greg Wood as Dr. Dan Kilbannon
Reception
Scott Foundas described the film as a "Neo-noir thriller long on style but short on originality", writing that Tim Roth's performance as a hitman was the movie's "only real pleasure".[3]
