Five Fingers (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Laurence Malkin |
| Produced by | Laurence Fishburne Dolly Hall |
| Written by | Chad Thumann Laurence Malkin |
| Starring | Mimi Ferrer Laurence Fishburne Touriya Haoud Ryan Phillipe Isa Hoes Antonie Kamerling Colm Meaney |
| Music by | John Rea |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Editing by | Herman P. Koerts Maureen Meulen |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate Films |
| Release date(s) | USA July 6, 2006 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Five Fingers is a 2006 film written by Chad Thumann and Laurence Malkin and directed by Malkin. Five Fingers is rated R by the MPAA for torture, violence and language including sexual references.[1]
The film's original music score was composed by John Rea. The film was produced by many people, including actor Laurence Fishburne who stars in the film alongside Mimi Ferrer, Ryan Phillipe, Touriya Haoud, Isa Hoes, and Colm Meaney. Five Fingers was filmed in the Netherlands, Morocco, and Louisiana in 2004.
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[edit] Plot
Martijn (Phillipe), a gifted Dutch jazz pianist, flies to Morocco to set up a food assistance program. When he arrives, however, he and his travel guide, Gavin (Meaney) are quickly kidnapped by terrorists, taken to an undisclosed location, bound and blindfolded. The captors swiftly kill Gavin and then begin methodical attempts to extract information from Martijn about where he obtained the money to set up the program by cutting off his fingers one at a time. Martijn insists that he has no idea where the money came from, though in time it becomes clear that all is not what it seems. As the torture continues, Ahmat (Fishburne) tries his hardest to get answers from Martijn. The movie has a dramatic ending wherein Martijn turns out to be a terrorist and Fishburne turns out to be an agent of the CIA. The entire mission was to identify a mole in the CIA and Martijn turns out to be the mole.[2]
[edit] Reception
The film made virtually no money in its short run in theaters. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two fresh reviews and one rotten review. Jay Weissberg, from Variety gave the film a positive review saying, “As a lesson in how subtle acting styles can calm a highly pitched story, pic delivers the goods.”[3]
[edit] Cast and crew
| Actor | Role |
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| Laurence Fishburne | Ahmat |
| Ryan Phillipe | Martijn |
| Gina Torres | Aicha |
| Touriya Haoud | Saadia |
| Saïd Taghmaoui | Youseff |
| Colm Meaney | Gavin |
| Anton Sinke | The Donor |
| Antonie Kamerling | Policeman |
| Kimmosato | Neighbour |
| Isa Hoes | Mother |
| Merlijn Kamerling | Boy |
| Delilah Van Eyck | Waitress |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Five Fingers at the Internet Movie Database
- Five Fingers at Allmovie
- Five Fingers at Rotten Tomatoes
