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Killing Emmett Young

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Killing Emmett Young
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1hr 46min
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2002
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Universal Studios
Synopsis: Issues of identity, mortality, and inner peace are all at play in this psychological thriller about a young detective's last days on earth. Former Party of Five housemate Scott Wolf plays Emmett Young, a detective whose ambition and drive are thrown up in the air when he learns that he has contracted a terminal illness, a discovery that coincides with his new assignment to the homicide division. As Young grapples with his impending death, a mysterious stranger by the name of Marlowe (Gabriel Byrne) ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Gabriel Byrne and Tim Roth are true to their pledges of doing big-budget films for the money so they can also do promising low-paying indies like this. First-time director/writer Keith Snyder concocts a richly detailed police procedural that never seems derivative, although little of it is truly new as Detective Young navigates public documents and tracks down hearsay to learn the identity of his unknown ... Full Review
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Marlowe
Det. Emmett Young, Emmett Young
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