“In order to avoid the debilitating effects of a terminal illness, a young detective orders a hit on himself.”
In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to homicide. He learns he has a disease that will soon kill him painfully, so he hires a stranger to arrange his own death. With one eye on the calendar (he's allowed a few days' grace before his murder), he pursues a final case, the serial killing of young women. Emmett develops a profile of the assailant. Meanwhile, his fixer hires an ex-cop to kill Emmett, a lonely security guard whom the fixer taunts and belittles. In this limited time, can Emmett sort out what's important?
Scott Wolf
Emmett Young
Gabriel Byrne
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Tim Roth
John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
Greg Wood
Dr. Dan Kilbannon
Ira Hawkins
Det. Birch
Khandi Alexander
Det. Middlestat
Adam LeFevre
Officer Jim Fields
Danielle Mason
Laurie Meyers
Elizabeth Reaser
Alison Holmes
Katrina Law
Francine
Killing Emmett Young is a action, crime, drama, mystery, thriller film released in 2002 exploring themes of murder. Directed by Keith Snyder, it stars Scott Wolf, Gabriel Byrne, Tim Roth. In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to homicide. He learns he has a disease that will soon kill him painfully, so he hires a stranger to arrange his own death. With one eye on the calendar (he's allowed a few days' grace before his murder), he pursues a final case, the serial killing of young women. Emmett develops a profile of the assailant. Meanwhile, his fixer hires an ex-cop to kill Emmett, a lonely security guard whom the fixer taunts and belittles. In this limited time, can Emmett sort out what's important?
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