5 Days of War
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 5 Days of War |
| Country of production |
United States , Georgia |
| original language |
English , Georgian |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Renny Harlin |
| script | Mikko Alanne |
| production |
Mirza Davitaia , Renny Harlin , George Lascu , Koba Nakopia |
| music | Trevor Rabin |
| camera | Checco Varese |
| cut | Brian Berdan |
| occupation | |
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5 Days of War (alternative title: Five Days of War , also: 5 Days of August ) is an American - Georgian war film by the director and producer Renny Harlin from 2011 . Rupert Friend , Val Kilmer and Andy García can be seen in the leading roles . The premiere took place on June 5, 2011 in Georgia.
action
The film deals with the events during the five-day Caucasus War between Georgia on the one hand and a military alliance consisting of Russia and the internationally unrecognized republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia , on the other hand, which took place between August 8 and 12, 2008.
The film begins with a short scene in Iraq in which the Georgian contingent, as part of the coalition troops, saves the life of the American war reporter Thomas Anders. However, Anders' colleague Miriam Eisner loses her life. He leaves Iraq and returns to Los Angeles . But then he receives a tip from a friend to go to Georgia, who believes that a war would break out in the Caucasus . Anders goes to the country with the cameraman Sebastian Ganz, and they get deeper and deeper into the escalating conflict. They witness an air raid while attending a Georgian wedding. This is how Tatia Meddevi joins them. Later they also meet the soldier Rezo Avaliani, who saved Anders' life in Iraq. In one village, they witness war crimes committed by Russian mercenaries. Their path leads them directly into the battle for the city of Gori , which the world does not notice, because the 2008 Summer Olympics are just starting in Beijing and all news channels consider this to be more important.
production
Shooting began in October 2009 in Georgia's capital Tbilisi . When asked, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and director Harlin denied that money was flowing from the Georgian government for the film (officially, the money comes from private equity investments). The author of the script, however, explained in an interview with Time that the film was co-financed by a fund of the Georgian government. One of the producers of the film was Koba Nakopia, a parliamentarian in the ruling party of then President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Another producer of the film was Mirza Davitaia, also a member of the ruling party and Minister of State for Affairs of the Georgian Diaspora. The production company was allowed to shoot in the presidential palace. At the request of the producers, the armed forces of Georgia provided military equipment such as helicopters , tanks and uniforms .
Production costs amounted to an estimated 20 million US dollars . The box office results were disappointing, estimated at only about $ 320,000.
5 Days of War was presented to the specialist audience on November 3, 2010 at the American Film Market (AFM).
In an interview, director Harlin said that as a Finn he could feel with the Georgian people , because their people also have a long border with Russia and have been attacked by the superpower more often in history.
criticism
The film received mostly negative reviews. The metascore for the film based on 14 reviews is 31/100. Roger Ebert judged that in the film you hear a lot about the war, but hardly learn anything about it. There is also a lot of action, but it is aimless and pointless. In one of the comparatively positive reviews (Mark Jenkins, National Public Radio ), the film was judged to be neither profound nor innovative, but visceral and sometimes moving.
Anna Neistat, who was an observer for the human rights organization Human Rights Watch during the war and documented crimes on both sides, described the film as "dangerous" and criticized the fact that, contrary to reality, " Russians and Ossetians as barbaric beasts and Georgians as angels of peace" would be presented, while actual facts would partly be ignored and war crimes of the Georgian side would also go completely without mention. Even The Washington Post noted that the film show a one-sided view of the conflict, will presented as an innocent victim of Russia in Georgia. Bloomberg awarded one of four stars and described the portrayal of the conflict in the film as one-sidedly pro-Georgian.
See also
Web links
- 5 Days of War in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IMDb release info . Retrieved June 1, 2011
- ↑ a b Simon Shuster: Russia and Georgia Go to War Again - on Screen , time.com. December 4, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ↑ a b New York Times: Seeking Drama In a Conflict That's Still Raw , August 12, 2011 (August 14 print edition)
- ↑ Hollywood's take on Russia-Georgia war , economist.com. June 21, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ↑ Giorgi Lomsadze, Sophia Mizante: Georgia: Hollywood takes over Tbilisi for film about war with Russia , realfilmcareer.com. October 21, 2009. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved on February 22, 2012.
- ↑ IMDb budget and box office results . Retrieved June 1, 2011
- ↑ boxofficemojo.com: 5 Days of War
- ↑ 5 Days of War on traileraddict.com
- ↑ 5 Days of War . Rotten tomatoes. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^ A b Critic Reviews for 5 Days of War at Metacritic . Metacritic. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ↑ Roger Ebert: 5 Days of War , August 31, 2011
- ^ John DeFore washingtonpost.com: Tanks, but no tanks
- ↑ Bloomberg: Renny Harlin's Russian Baddies