Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s
The Killer
Two parallel scores from 196 z-qualifying reviewers and 208 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.578 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.30 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.37 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.461 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 196 / 208 |
Summary
A remorseful hitman takes one final job to pay for an eye operation for a nightclub singer he accidentally blinded during a previous hit. As he is double-crossed by his employers, he forms an uneasy alliance with the dogged police inspector pursuing him, and the two men find common ground in their codes of honor.
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The math, in this order
196 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.578. DB2 raw mean = 8.37.
90% CI-floor = +0.461. Thin samples penalized.
Global 91.6 / cohort 91.3. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
