Is Essential Killing actually good?

Essential Killing sits in the 35.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 35.4% of them.

How does Essential Killing compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Essential Killing lands in the 41.5% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Essential Killing's score based on?

34 calibrated reviewers stand behind Essential Killing's score.

2010

global pct

35.4

Film · 2010 · Films · 2010s

Essential Killing

Name: Essential Killing
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Released: 2010

Scored from 34 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

35.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

41.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

29.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

34 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Essential Killing is a 2010 action, thriller and war film.

Only 34 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 35 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 154 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2010s films — 13,059 of them.

Is Essential Killing (2010) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 34
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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