Johnny Mad Dog
2008 · 97 min · Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Johnny Mad Dog, maybe 15, leads a band of boy soldiers in a civil war in an unnamed African country. "Don't want to die? Don't be born" is one of their shouted mottoes. We follow Mad Dog and his crew - No Good Advice, Butterfly, Chicken Hair, and others - as they kill, pillage rape, interrogate, and terrorize on their march to the capital. They take a TV station and lead an assault on the President's residence. We also follow Laokole, about Johnny age, as she tries to hold together her family of brother and disabled father. Is there more than chaos and inhumanity here? At war since age 10, has Johnny anything inside?
Emotional fingerprint
Johnny Mad Dog (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 40%, Sadness 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing40%
- Sadness25%
- Fear20%
- Empathy10%
- Tension5%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Sadness, Fear. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Sadness and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Disturbing
- Sympathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Disturbing | Sympathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 84 % | 75 % | 65 % | 80 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Disturbing | 91 % | 88 % | 76 % | 85 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Disturbing | 94 % | 94 % | 83 % | 83 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Sadness | 88 % | 86 % | 74 % | 73 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Disturbing | 82 % | 70 % | 66 % | 71 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Sympathy | 78 % | 54 % | 64 % | 73 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Tension | 74 % | 57 % | 57 % | 71 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Disturbing | 82 % | 69 % | 65 % | 80 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Tension | 84 % | 66 % | 61 % | 81 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Disturbing | 78 % | 65 % | 48 % | 71 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Tension | 73 % | 65 % | 51 % | 68 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Disturbing | 68 % | 59 % | 57 % | 53 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Sympathy | 77 % | 69 % | 74 % | 50 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Sympathy | 88 % | 79 % | 86 % | 69 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Sadness | 88 % | 78 % | 84 % | 79 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Sympathy | 85 % | 76 % | 80 % | 71 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Sadness | 81 % | 71 % | 76 % | 59 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sympathy | 85 % | 76 % | 80 % | 68 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Sadness | 91 % | 87 % | 85 % | 75 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Icarus
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Johnny Mad Dog
No Good Advice
Small Devil
Gamin aux oranges
Fatmata - Lovelita
Homme au cochon
Mère Ibrahim
Tanya Toyo
Fofo
Pussy Cat
Details
- Directed by
- Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
- Written by
- Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, Emmanuel Dongala
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Country
- France, Belgium, Liberia
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
- Data updated
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