You won't be disappointed!

Sick Product of a Sick System

Absolutely Brilliant!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Starting suspiciously a story about a young detective of the homicide cases; being offered to hire a hit man for his self-destruction, from someone to whom he can't trust. The effectiveness that makes this film a better choice than the CSI TV series is that we see Emmett as an amateur detective and then we feel like he needs "our" help... Yes, our help just to witness what is he doing. There are very strong curves and hairpin bends both Snyder and Wolf take, then accordingly fail to accomplish; yet this failure comes with an open-hearted display of committed job on directing and acting. Congratulations to them that the director Snyder and leading actor Wolf both have a total commitment to perform hard effort ended up achieving a triumph. The first time meeting occasions of the introduced characters lacked a natural sense. There was Snyder's deficiency of his research awareness, the accord between the screenplay and the acting roles. With his experienced abilities of dialogue orientation Gabriel Byrne, saved the situation. Byrne and Roth, bad guys who are in conflict with each other, formed a great essence and accordingly increased the thrilling tempo of the film. Before the second half of the movie Tim Roth began to muddle things up and to have Wolf's back to the wall, leaving him alone in the chain of murders, having his hands free of evidence. It's the utmost fun to watch how Tim Roth gets away with it all, walking on the snow leaving no footprints behind. He makes our young detective to think as if he's the criminal. Roth performed a serial killer very professionally honored to be a serial killer, just like Jean Reno did as Léon(1994). At the final scene, reminding me the longest death scene of all times in the movie history Mr.Orange gave us another great portrait of a cool death from the Wolf's pistol shot. Tim Roth does it again. He is a real professional and has a spell-binding performance here in Killing Emmett Young. He couldn't kill Emmett Young, but he killed my blinking reflexes of my eyes. While I'm watching Mr.Orange I never blink. OvO

I liked the movie. Consider it very psychological. And I don't think that the serial killer does matter. It is just the way of Emmett to express his desire to live and give a trace in the world. He is struggling so hard to solve a murder, knowing that it will be the last thing that he will do. The twist in assassin's head to kill or not to kill is that he himself does not think that he is capable of doing it. He wanted to be a good cop all his life, but he was just an ordinary guy who could not do anything of his life. And when Steven Bracket insults him and tells him those things, he knows that it is true. At the same time he is jealous at young detective, because he is everything that assassin had ever wanted to be. The end is really surprising. We are going back, like in the circle. The normal life continues, and somehow we know what will happen no matter that it is not shown.

This movie had some twists in it that kept you on your toes but other than that...it was a boring movie in my opinion. The main character Emmett, played by Scott Wolf was new to me. He didn't seem to act well and seemed like he just got out of college into acting school.What would you do if you were dying? Would you even go to all that trouble...? At least the DVD has some deleted footage. Besides that, I would only rent the movie if you want some unrealistic drama with little action and poor acting.Even the DVD & Movie Guide book rates the movie 3 out of 5 stars. No wonder why everyone is selling this movie cheap...it is because it doesn't capture your attention in a way you would remember it and make your jaw drop.

Scott Wolf has the unique problem of looking like he's twenty when he's nearing forty. In Emmett's Mark (the better name of this movie because it can refer to more things, such as his signature, his legacy and his end), Wolf is a believable living character despite his unchanging looks. He plays Emmett Young well. The terminally ill Philly Homicide Detective is a real person with understandable doubts and fears. A character that is lived in, not just faked.The seamless acting, direction and editing is a highlight of this poorly received film. As is Tim Roth (Cunningham in Rob Roy), as the soft-spoken first-timer hit man. A character trying to dig himself out of the hole of a failed life. His casting convinced me to hold off flipping the channel. If you can see it for free (or a nominal fee) it is not likely to inspire your wrath against the production.Gabriel Byrne, comfortably becoming a terrific character actor, plays a Mafioso type, who arranges the 'mercy killing' and adds to the quiet, morose atmosphere of a dark story about the lives we fight for and those that we abandon when times get too tough. There are many interesting themes and strange developing emotions laden in the film.Not a masterpiece, due to the musical score, though it had allusions to other films that have made more wake in the cinematic world that in retrospect were borderline copyright infringement. The final scene is taken, as far as I know, directly from the airport scene from HEAT, which is taken from Bullitt. This is the movie business, not church. No one wants a new idea when they can have a good idea.Emmett's Mark is an Interesting, unique, non-threatening film, although the main character pays someone to kill him before the cancer does. Things sort of just work out for Emmett and against Tim Roth, but it is still a bit of a downer.