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Five Fingers (2006)

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Writer-director Lawrence Malkin's thriller Five Fingers casts Ryan Philippe as Martijn, a gifted Dutch jazz pianist who flies to Morocco to set up a food assistance program. On Middle Eastern soil, however, he and his security person, Gavin (portrayed by Colm Meaney) are promptly kidnapped by terrorists, dragged to a warehouse, chained down and blindfolded. The captors promptly kill Gavin and then begin systematic attempts to extract information from the pianist (about where he obtained the

R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Laurence Malkin , Lawrence Malkin

Written By: Laurence Malkin, Chad Thumann

In Theaters: May 1, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Jul 7, 2009

Lions Gate

As a lesson in how subtle acting styles can calm a highly pitched story, pic delivers the goods.

May 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Jay Weissberg

Variety

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A thought-provoking mindbender unfolding in one room and narrowly focused on a grisly, gradually-escalating standoff.

July 9, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A thought-provoking mindbender unfolding in one room and narrowly focused on a grisly, gradually-escalating standoff.

July 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Sly Fox

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

The film is just average, a bit manipulative and is little more than a stagy adaptation of a play which never existed featuring more of a battle of the accents rather than will.

July 5, 2006 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Erik Childress

eFilmCritic.com

Estruturalmente similar ao excelente Uma Simples Formalidade, estabelece uma boa tens�o atrav�s da montagem eficaz, das atua��es intensas e de um roteiro que, embora n�o t�o surpreendente, convence em sua l�gica interna.

April 26, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

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I was really quite disappointed by this movie. It's a considerably more akin to Captivity than it is to Hard Candy, which is a huge weakness in a movie professed as "a mental chess match". It was interesting to see how the events of the story slowly unravel and come to light, but the pace seems so slow as to seem

May 2, 2010

Emily Armstrong

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This is an excellent movie, Came out in 2006, still in the favor of the terrorist in the Arab world, at least that?s what we are lead to believe. Laurence Fishburne plays as good a part as I have ever seen him play. Martijn (Ryan Phillippe) and his British guide, Gavin (Colm Meaney) Land in Morocco to start a new food

December 24, 2009