# Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)

> A suicidal writer hires an assassin, only to find that romance and a lovable professional killer complicate his carefully planned demise.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/319784

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Comedy, Action, Drama
- Director: Tom Edmunds
- Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Tom Wilkinson, Freya Mavor, Christopher Eccleston, Marion Bailey, Velibor Topic, Nigel Lindsay, Gethin Anthony
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3525168/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: macabre, irreverent, witty, dark comedy night, date night

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