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Essex Boys

2000 · 102 min · Director: Terry Winsor ★ IMDb 6.1 · 4,549 ratings

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The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6th December Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker, three drug dealers well known to the police, were lured to Workhouse Lane, Rettendon. There they were blasted to death with a shot gun while sitting in their Range Rover. They had been lured to their deaths on the pretext of a lucrative drugs deal. The three bodies were found the following morning, 7 December 1995.

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Essex Boys (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Anger20%
  2. Fear10%
  3. Guilt10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Anger. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sympathy

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Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 73 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Disturbing67 %55 %62 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension59 %51 %48 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension55 %49 %39 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor51 %41 %35 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sympathy56 %45 %38 %39 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension55 %48 %29 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension55 %43 %29 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Sympathy68 %41 %41 %60 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Sympathy74 %48 %49 %74 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing81 %68 %70 %71 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Disturbing81 %75 %73 %55 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Tension71 %68 %53 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Tension71 %70 %50 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Tension81 %81 %65 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Tension83 %83 %70 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Tension69 %68 %51 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Tension64 %61 %41 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Tension74 %73 %51 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Tension81 %81 %54 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Tension82 %82 %47 %40 %
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Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

CC
Charlie Creed-Miles

Sean Bean

Jason Locke

CC
Charlie Creed-Miles

Billy Reynolds

GM
Gareth Milne

Alex Kingston

Lisa Locke

Tom Wilkinson

John Dyke

BM
Billy Murray

Perry Elley

AL
Amelia Lowdell

Nicole

LL
Larry Lamb

Peter Chase

MM
Michael McKell

Wayne Lovell

HD
Holly Davidson

Suzy Welch

TR
Terence Rigby

Henry Hobbs

GJ
George Jackos

Kiri Christos

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Sally Hurst

Beverley

LL
Louise Landon

Jemma

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Gary Love

Detective

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Michael Andrew

Boy #3 (uncredited)

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Philip Howard

Andrew - Blondes Nightclub in Southend (uncredited)

GM
Gareth Milne

Chippy

Details

Directed by
Terry Winsor
Written by
Terry Winsor, Jeff Pope
Type
Movies
Released
2000
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 4,549 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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