Killing Emmett Young

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?

  • Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Release Date: 2002-04-13
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Country: United States of America
  • Language: English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 5.28
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