Five Fingers
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Five Fingers |
| Original title | Five Fingers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Laurence Malkin |
| script |
Chad Thumann , Laurence Malkin |
| production |
Dolly Hall , Laurence Fishburne , Josh Kesselman , Laurence Malkin , Stavros Merjos , Jackie-Lee Morgan , Malcolm Petal , Adam Rosenfelt , Marc Schaberg , Helen Sugland |
| music | John Rea |
| camera | Alexander Gruszynski |
| cut |
Peggy Eghbalian , Herman P. Koerts , Maureen Meulen |
| occupation | |
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Five Fingers is a 2006 American thriller directed by Laurence Malkin and starring Laurence Fishburne and Ryan Phillippe .
action
The Dutch piano player and entrepreneur Martijn lives in Amsterdam with his Moroccan girlfriend . From here he travels to her home country to set up a nutrition program for Moroccan children. He is accompanied by the talkative Englishman Gavin, who is also supposed to take care of their safety.
However, shortly after their arrival on a bus trip in the mountains, Martijn and Gavin are kidnapped by strangers. In the hiding place of the kidnappers, an old factory hall, they initially leave their victims in the dark about why and by whom they were kidnapped. Ringleader Ahmat soon makes Martijn understand the seriousness of the situation by killing Gavin in front of his eyes.
Martijn is then interrogated by Ahmat under threat of torture so that he can reveal his real intentions in Morocco; Ahmat calls Martijn a member of the CIA . For every supposed or actual lie that Martijn tells, a finger on his hand should be severed. Indeed, when Martijn insists on his innocent story about the nutrition program and his innocence, the kidnappers first cut off his little finger. In the course of the question-and-answer game between the kidnapped and the tormentor, the strangers cut off further fingers from Martijn, who is then confronted with the end of his pianist career.
Under the torture, however, it turns out that Martijn is an extremist opponent of globalization who, supported by a Dutch terror cell, is planning a poison attack on fast food chains. Ahmat says they are both on the same side. In order to prove his membership in the terror network, Martijn had to tell him the names of the members of his terrorist group. Ahmat would then compare this with his list, which he writes simultaneously, and enable Martijn to have his amputated fingers sewn back on.
However, Ahmat turns out to be a CIA agent. The kidnapping was carried out by him and his group in order to locate the Dutch terror cell. Accordingly, after betraying his accomplice, Martijn is shot by the agents. This prevented the attack. The film ends with a look at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor .
Reviews
Jay Weissberg wrote in Variety magazine on June 5, 2006 that the film contained numerous unexpected twists, but the half-hearted approach ( "low-key approach" ) "fights" against other elements such as the "subtle representations" . The surprising outcome of the plot is not satisfactory.
“The film is just average [...] and is little more than a theatrical adaptation of a fictional play [...] Fishburne somehow manages to master the pitfalls of his role [...] and Phillippe provides additional twists and turns with his Dutch accent. "
backgrounds
The film was shot in Amsterdam , Middelburg , Morocco and New Orleans . Its world premiere took place on May 1, 2006 at the Tribeca Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. It was released directly on DVD in Germany in November 2006.
Web links
- Five Fingers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Plot, rating and film information on "Outnow - the other side of the film"
- Sherif Awad: Us and Them. Short interview with the director. Egypt Today, December 2006, archived from the original on June 29, 2008 ; Retrieved November 16, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film review by Jay Weissberg ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Variety , June 5, 2006, accessed January 15, 2008
- ^ Film review by Erik Childress , efilmcritic.com, June 7, 2006, accessed February 25, 2008
- ↑ Filming Locations for Five Fingers , Internet Movie Database , accessed January 15, 2008
- ↑ Five Fingers Release Dates , Internet Movie Database , accessed January 15, 2008
