Emmett's Mark

Screw what anyone says about movies where everything is not about action, 'cause this is a very very good film. I don't know the first thing about what a good cameraman is supposed to do or what good special effects... Full review

Scott Wolf plays a young detective called Emmett Young, who's said to have one week to live.He hires someone to kill him.When he wants to cancel the order, it's not so easily done.Emmett's Mark (2002) is a fine thriller drama... Full review

Scott Wolf,(Emmett Young) gave an outstanding performance as a young detective who just starts on the police force and is an eager beaver to achieve his goal as an FBI agent in the future. However, Emmett is given some medical... Full review

Young cop Emmet Young gets the news has only weeks to live. An ex-cop offers him a solution: A hit-man will kill Emmet thus sparing him a long and painful deathbed. Emmet takes the deal, but than finds out the... Full review

The story follows Detective Emmett Young who finds out that due to a sudden and very rare disease his death will be very soon and very unpleasant. He soon meets someone who offers him a way out. He then puts... Full review

This is a very good movie by first time writer/director Keith Snyder about a Philadelphia homicide detective who hires a hit man to kill him because he thinks he's dying. The story plays against the background of a serial killer... Full review

I saw "Emmet's Mark" some months ago at the Berlin Fantasy Film Fest, and have to admit, that it is a masterpiece!Scott Wolfe does a great performance as the young officer, who tries to solve a serial-killer-case in the last... Full review

I saw Emmett's Mark at the Fantasy Filmfest in Hamburg, Germany. And it was a pleasant surprise - though the story isn't exactly new and was last used in Aki Kaurismäkis I hired a contract killer and Warren Beattys Bulworth:... Full review

Just saw this film at its world premiere in Philadelphia. I thought it was beautifully shot (wait till you see the shot of Roth in the closet), nicely directed (that closet shot again), and impressively acted (even Scott Wolf) but... Full review

I saw this movie at the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema. It was the world premiere of this film. Emmett's Mark about a young detective, who try to solve a murder case finds out he is has a terminal illness.... Full review

From a pure-filmmaking perspective, Emmett's Mark doesn't succeed quite so resoundingly, though a dully pretentious first 45 minutes lead into an admirably done penultimate footchase, the precursor to the young detective's final redemption. If the plot summary for Emmett's Mark elicits groans, as it did from yours truly, never fear: the movie redeems itself remarkably well. ... Full Review

the movie redeems itself remarkably well.....From a pure-filmmaking perspective, Emmett's Mark doesn't succeed quite so resoundingly....Though hardly an earth-shattering production, the film is watchable through-and-through, sometimes touching, sometimes exciting..... ... Full Review

From a pure-filmmaking perspective, Emmett's Mark doesn't succeed quite so resoundingly, though a dully pretentious first 45 minutes lead into an admirably done penultimate footchase, the precursor to the young detective's final redemption. If the plot summary for Emmett's Mark elicits groans, as it did from yours truly, never fear: the movie redeems itself remarkably well. ... Full Review

From a pure-filmmaking perspective, Emmett's Mark doesn't succeed quite so resoundingly, though a dully pretentious first 45 minutes lead into an admirably done penultimate footchase, the precursor to the young detective's final redemption. If the plot summary for Emmett's Mark elicits groans, as it did from yours truly, never fear: the movie redeems itself remarkably well. ... Full Review

A little implausible, perhaps, and all a bit too convenient in its design, "Emmett's Mark" is nonetheless a reasonably well crafted thriller. The subtle star of this film however, is easily Tim Roth, who's flat out chilling as Emmett's sullen and cold hired killer... ... Full Review

If there's any question as to the veracity of the claim that the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema is one of the fastest-growing celebrations of film, the final tallies from 2002 speak for themselves. ... Full Article

Ohne jeden Ausweg ist zunchst einmal ein clever gemachter Psychothriller, besitzt eine gut durchdachte und intelligente, wenn auch nicht immer neue Story mit guten Darstellern und spannendem Handlungsverlufen. ... Full Article