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The Cost

2023 · 108 min · Director: Matthew Holmes, Matthew Holmes ★ IMDb 6.2 · 842 ratings

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Intent on dispensing their own brutal form of justice, two ordinary men abduct a felon who committed a horrific crime many years before.

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The Cost (2023) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger10%
  2. Guilt10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
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 rises around 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness30 %27 %20 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension45 %44 %30 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension61 %60 %44 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension68 %65 %46 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension75 %74 %48 %44 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Tension83 %80 %60 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Disturbing90 %81 %81 %63 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Disturbing93 %80 %89 %60 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing90 %80 %86 %61 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Disturbing90 %84 %89 %71 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Disturbing90 %86 %89 %75 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Tension89 %88 %78 %69 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension80 %80 %56 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Tension74 %74 %49 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension81 %78 %56 %48 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Sadness90 %83 %65 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Tension93 %89 %70 %71 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension93 %93 %70 %80 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Tension94 %90 %76 %79 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Sadness95 %85 %83 %75 %
Oedipus

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

JF
Jordan Fraser-Trumble

JF
Jordan Fraser-Trumble

David

DH
Damon Hunter

KD
Kevin Dee

CW
Clayton Watson

NP
Nicole Pastor

NF
Nadia Fragnito

MR
Mark Redpath

CS
Calt Spiker

ST
Sotiris Tzelios

AW
Adam Willson

AW
Adam Willson

Mike

AJ
Axel Jager

Cameron

EM
Eleni Modinos

Station Barista

SS
Steve Sammut

Station Attendant

EH
Ella Hill-Cotter

Lucy

SS
Sophie Stewart

Mia

Details

Directed by
Matthew Holmes, Matthew Holmes
Written by
Matthew Holmes, Gregory Moss, Matthew Holmes
Type
Movies
Released
2023
Runtime
108 min
Country
Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 842 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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