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A Common Man

2013 · 86 min · Director: Chandran Rutnam ★ IMDb 4.5 · 2,568 ratings

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A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.

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A Common Man (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 30%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger10%
  2. Relief10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 4.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Surprise

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Fear
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 68 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearSurprise
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness47 %38 %30 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Not enough subtitle evidence30 %23 %16 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Sadness38 %31 %23 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension61 %57 %40 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Tension72 %71 %50 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Tension76 %75 %55 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Tension70 %69 %46 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Tension60 %58 %34 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Tension58 %56 %35 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Tension60 %57 %36 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Tension53 %50 %26 %10 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Tension56 %54 %26 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Tension72 %70 %40 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Surprise83 %79 %50 %55 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Tension81 %74 %48 %42 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Sadness77 %69 %44 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Tension75 %65 %40 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Relief62 %49 %25 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Relief47 %37 %13 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

PR
Patrick Rutnam

JK
James Koch

IP Ranjan

NS
Numaya Siriwardena

Dilky

Jd
Jerome de Silva

SP Victor

DW
Dushyanth Weeraman

Dilfer

MA
Mohamed Adamaly

Chief Secretary

KO
Kian O'Grady

Sergeant Bernard

SZ
Susan Zareena

Aisa

LW
Lucky Wickremanayake

Chief Minister

VJ
Veena Jayakody

Vegetable Seller

AD
Ashan Dias

Akthul Majood

WG
Wilson Gunaratne

Prakash Kumar

SH
Sando Harris

D. Gopinath

WS
Wilmon Sirimanne

Sunil Master

PK
Pujitha Kanachana

TV Cameraman

TV
Teddy Vidyalankara

Pithala Nihal

DS
Dhanam Senathirajah

Officer Ganeshan

SW
Suresh Weththasinghe

Officer Warner

Details

Directed by
Chandran Rutnam
Written by
Neeraj Pandey, Chandran Rutnam
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
86 min
Country
Sri Lanka, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.5 · 2,568 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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