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Essential Killing (2010) · CriticCrunch

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Essential Killing

Movie2010·84 min

Essential Killing

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

A thriller war film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 68%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.9/10

177 ratings

About Essential Killing

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

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

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Details

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Language: English

Cast

Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price

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How Essential Killing Ranks

All movies

Top 68%

2010s movies

Top 61%

Thriller movies

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the vibe

Essential Killing Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalhauntinggrittyunsettling

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

survival

escape chase

survival of spirit

isolation loneliness

outsider misfit

everyman

strangers forced together

action combat

battlefield combat

wilderness

international

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9