Emergency Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and his best friend, Sean (RJ Cyler), are both seniors in college about to embark on an epic night of Spring Break parties. Sean has the whole night planned out, including every party they will hit on their “legendary tour.” Kunle is down, yet mostly concerned with finishing up his mold experiment in his lab, as his acceptance to Princeton is hinging on the results. They return to their apartment to pre-game, yet find that their roommate, Carlos (Sebastian Chacon), left the door open. As they enter with trepidation, Sean and Kunle discover a drunk, semi-conscious White female they don’t know on the floor and an oblivious Carlos, who didn’t hear her come in over the videogame blaring in his ears. Kunle wants to call the cops but Sean vehemently opposes the idea concerned how it will look when the cops show up (two Black men, one Latino man and a passed out White woman).

Together, Carlos, Sean and Kunle load the girl - who they nickname Goldilocks, but whose real name is Emma (Maddie Nichols) - into Sean’s van, with the intention of taking her somewhere safe rather than calling the police. Meanwhile, Emma’s sister, Maddy (Sabrina Carpenter), has realized that Emma left the party they were at, and begins to search for her in a drunk panic using Emma’s phone’s location. What ensues is a chaotic, hilarious, and tension- filled chase all over town as our trio grapples with their differences while attempting to bring Emma to safety.

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Adventure Comedy

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  RJ Cyler

  Night Patrol , White Boy Rick

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  Donald Elise Watkins

  Fly Me to the Moon, Jackpot!

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  Sebastian Chacon

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  Sabrina Carpenter

  The Short History Of The Long Road, The Hate U Give

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  Maddie Nichols

  The Boogeyman, Days of Daisy

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  Madison Thompson

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  Diego Abraham

Who is making Emergency – Crew List

A look at Emergency behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Carey Williams last helmed R#J.

Director

Carey Williams

Screenwriter

KD Davila

Producers

Marty Bowen
John Fischer
Issac Klausner

Production – What we know about the Emergency

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Key Facts

• Hailed by Filmmaker Magazine as one of 2018’s New Faces of Independent Film, Carey Williams is a director bringing a unique and visually striking cinematic eye to the exploration of the human condition. Williams’ short film Cherry Waves won Best Short awards from HBO, NBC Shortcuts, San Diego Film Festival, as well as Best Narrative from Holly shorts Film Festival (5/8/2022).

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Feb 2022

Completed

Changed Emergency movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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