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Pawn

2013 · 88 min · Director: David A. Armstrong ★ IMDb 5.7 · 7,775 ratings

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An all-night diner. A cop walks in on a robbery in progress. But what happens next - and what happened just before - will change everything you think you know. The building is now surrounded. There are restless fingers on every trigger. And one very intense hostage situation is about to take some extremely shocking twists.

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Pawn (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Confusion 25%, Surprise 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Confusion, Surprise. Genres: Mystery, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Confusion and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 5.7/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Tension
Curiosity
Fear
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 3 %, then peaks around 78 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity35 %28 %28 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension54 %51 %38 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension68 %68 %41 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension70 %68 %48 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity71 %66 %60 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Tension71 %65 %65 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity66 %59 %64 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension65 %61 %56 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Tension70 %70 %50 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Tension71 %71 %54 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Tension65 %61 %57 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity63 %55 %59 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Tension73 %69 %60 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Tension81 %81 %57 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Tension85 %85 %58 %65 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Tension88 %88 %63 %70 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension84 %83 %64 %68 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Tension78 %69 %61 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Surprise63 %45 %48 %30 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Tension43 %25 %27 %10 %
Man in a hole

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

Nikki Reed

Amanda

Stephen Lang

Charlie

Marton Csokas

Lieutenant Barnes

Common

Jeff Porter

JS
Jessica Szohr

Bonnie

RK
Rachel Konstantin

Hostage

MB
Max Beesley

Billy

GJ
Gabriel Jarret

SWAT Team Captain

JB
Jordan Belfi

Patrick

DT
Deborah Twiss

Mrs. Davenport

SC
Stephen Crain

Sgt. Matthews

Details

Directed by
David A. Armstrong
Written by
Jay Anthony White
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 7,775 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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