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The Wages of Fear

2024 · 107 min · Director: Julien Leclercq ★ IMDb 4.6 · 4,654 ratings

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In order to prevent a deadly explosion, an illicit crack team has 24 hours to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerine across a desert laden with danger.

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The Wages of Fear (2024) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear10%
  2. Relief10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 4.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 56/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Tension
Empathy
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. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 38 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension55 %52 %17 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension53 %50 %19 %27 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension53 %50 %27 %30 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension56 %55 %30 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension57 %57 %28 %39 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Tension57 %57 %28 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension53 %53 %28 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Tension45 %45 %24 %21 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Relief45 %45 %21 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension57 %57 %30 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension71 %69 %44 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Sadness74 %69 %49 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Tension76 %74 %48 %56 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension73 %71 %49 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Empathy60 %57 %41 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Tension64 %61 %40 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Tension79 %75 %61 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Tension87 %82 %77 %62 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 104′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

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

SZ
Sofiane Zermani

SZ
Sofiane Zermani

Gauthier

AG
Ana Girardot

Clara

BD
Bakary Diombera

Djibril

AW
Astrid Whettnall

Anne Marchand

AM
Alka Matewa

Alka

SA
Sarah Afchain

Assia

GB
Ghita Berdai

Malya

RK
Rabie Kati

Homme d'affaires

AB
Abderrahman Berradi

Gardien de l'homme d'affaires

RB
Rabii Benjhaile

Policier en civil 1

MM
Mustapha Makhada

Worker

AA
Adil Abatourab

Surveillant

MB
Mohamed Boussalem

Détenu 1

HJ
Hamza Joutey

Détenu 2

BB
Brice Bexter

Copilote de l'hélicoptère (as Brice El Glaoui Bexter)

JB
Joseph Beddelem

Pirate 1

AT
Abdelilah Tastafout

Militaire 3

MR
Mustapha Rachidi

Berger

Details

Directed by
Julien Leclercq
Written by
Henri-Georges Clouzot, Julien Leclercq, Hamid Hlioua, Jérôme Géronimi, Georges Arnaud
Type
Movies
Released
2024
Runtime
107 min
Country
France
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.6 · 4,654 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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