A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
the vibe
Essential Killing Vibe
What it feels like
slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalhauntinggritty
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Movie2010·84 min
Essential Killing
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
A thriller war film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 66%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
5.9/10
175 ratings
About Essential Killing
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- survival of spirit, isolation loneliness, action combat, wilderness, international, strangers forced together, battlefield combat, outsider misfit, everyman, survival, escape chase