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Emergency Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

May. 8, 2022

Emergency

Release Date: Friday, May 20, 2022 Limited Friday, May 27, 2022 Prime Video

Sabrina Carpenter, RJ Cyler, Marty Bowen, John Fischer, Carey Williams, Donald Elise Watkins, Maddie Nichols, Issac Klausner, Diego Abraham, Madison Thompson, Sebastian Chacon, KD Davila

R Adventure 1 hr, 45 m

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Plot

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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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The Emergency behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Carey Williams last directed R#J.

Screenwriter
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Marty Bowen
John Fischer
Issac Klausner
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Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for pervasive language, drug use and some sexual references
Runtime
1 hr, 45 m
Tagline
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Language
English

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Production Details

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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).

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Emergency was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, May 20, 2022. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Downton Abbey: A New Era, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Good Mourning. As a limited release, Emergency was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Sun., May. 8, 2022

  • Set the MPAA rating to R for pervasive language, drug use and some sexual references

  • Set film release to PrimeVideo

  • Changed the US film release date from TBA 2022 to May 20, 2022

  • Set film release to Limited

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