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Only the Dead

2015 · 78 min · Director: Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware ★ IMDb 7.7 · 3,637 ratings

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Only the Dead is a war story unlike any ever seen. A story of what happens when one ordinary man, Time magazine war correspondent Michael Ware, transplanted into the Middle East by the reverberations of 9/11, butts into history. Ware handpicked and given a shattering video tape by the most feared, most hated terrorists on the planet to announce his arrival of the world stage sets out on an epic journey into the deepest recesses of the conflict as he seeks answers. Answers that he thinks will lead him to the Truth.

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Only the Dead (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Awe 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Awe, Anxiety. Genres: History, Documentary, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Awe and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
Sadness
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 8 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity58 %52 %28 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity57 %49 %32 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Sadness65 %57 %44 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Tension69 %65 %44 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Tension75 %68 %56 %44 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Disturbing85 %73 %76 %56 %
32.5 %≈ 25′Tension88 %79 %78 %49 %
37.5 %≈ 29′Tension89 %85 %71 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 33′Tension89 %88 %61 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 37′Tension90 %90 %60 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 41′Tension90 %86 %70 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing88 %76 %81 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 49′Disturbing88 %76 %81 %54 %
67.5 %≈ 53′Tension86 %83 %64 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 57′Tension83 %81 %51 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 60′Tension80 %78 %57 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 64′Tension83 %79 %71 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 68′Disturbing86 %76 %80 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 72′Disturbing92 %70 %88 %75 %
97.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing97 %65 %95 %87 %
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

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Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

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Michael Ware

Details

Directed by
Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware
Written by
Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware, Justine A. Rosenthal
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
78 min
Country
Australia, Iraq
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 3,637 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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