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To Kill a Monkey

2025 · 1 season

A slow tightening of moral screws, pulling you into a desperate man's compromises with dread and uneasy sympathy.

Created by
Kemi Adetiba
Genres
Crime, Drama
Overview
Efemini, a down-on-his-luck everyman whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with an old friend. Forced by circumstance to suppress his principles and explore a life of cybercrime, he finds himself making ever-greater moral compromises to stay ahead of the consequences of his new choices and broadening tastes.
How it feels
Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Crime, morality, corruption, survival
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
Kemi Adetiba
Genres
Crime, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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