Movie story an american journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first russian airstrikes against georgia. Inspired by the real events of the swiftbut devastating five day war between russia and the georgian republic in 2008, this vivid, heartpounding film center. Both movies underscore russias responsibility to protect georgias besieged minority. As the three attempt to escape to safety, they witnessand documentthe. Aug 25, 2011 new york historical propaganda by way of actionflick bombast, 5 days of war purports to focus on the selfsacrifice of war correspondents but is really a clunky effort to rewrite 2008s brief. Rescuing tatia, a young georgian schoolteacher separated from her family during the attack, the two reporters agree to help reunite her with her family in exchange for serving as their interpreter.
May 16, 2011 trailer for 5 days of august, also known as 5 days of war 5 days of war sees the president of georgia garcia. Sep 09, 2011 opening with the oftquoted statement the first casualty of war is truth, 5 days of war should have heeded its own warning. A drama set centered around the war between russia and georgia, and focused on an american journalist, his cameraman, and. Based on true events, this intense film is a vivid account of a renegade american journalist, his. Renny harlin used to make ridiculous movies involving pirates or sylvester stallone. Rent 5 days of war 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The story is about the russogeorgian war over the russianbacked breakaway autonomous republic of south ossetia in georgia, including the events leading up to the conflict. Visceral, bloody, emotional, passionate and fascinating, 5 days of war paints yet another picture of our fractured world but this time done by a man who does it better than the rest, renny harlin. Setting aside the politics of the conflict, which are undoubtedly less clear cut than portrayed in 5 days of war, theres no doubt that this movie is strongly biased in favour of the georgians which might have something to do with the fact that it was heavily financed by that country. The heroes of 5 days of war are war correspondents.
There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including conan the barbarian, spy kids. Based on true stories, 5 days of war is a drama set centered around the war between russia and georgia, and focused on an american. An american journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first russian airstrikes against georgia. A drama set centered around the war between russia and georgia, and. For a film that purports to be a vision of real life events the director could not have got it more wrong. The film was released in georgia as 5 days of august, and in other countries as 5 days of war and also city on fire. If you like 5 days of war you are looking for tense, realistic and rough movies about with military, death, soldier, journalist, news report, politics and media themes of action, drama and war genre. If you want to watch a brutal, raw and realistic film on the horrors of war, watch the.
Jul 01, 2011 5 days of war is an actionpacked international thriller from acclaimed director, renny harlin. A drama set centered around the war between russia and georgia, and focused on an american journalist, his cameraman, and a georgian native who. Anchor bay rupert friend lives to see another dayfor nowin 5 days of war. Hawerchuk in the commuter 2018 a good management of suspense and timing, pleasant action movie despite some inconsistencies.
Rent 5 days of war 2011 starring rupert friend and emmanuelle chriqui on dvd and bluray. Jul 01, 2011 we also have the first onesheet for 5 days of war, which you can take a look at below the trailer. Aug 31, 2011 at the end of this film there is a montage of sad people holding photographs of their grandparents, parents, husbands, wives or children, who were killed during the socalled five days of war between russia and georgia. With rupert friend, emmanuelle chriqui, richard coyle, heather graham. While reporting on the war in iraq, american journalist thomas anders is rescued from certain death by troops from the country of georgia. At the end of this film there is a montage of sad people holding photographs of their grandparents, parents, husbands, wives or children, who. Based on true events, this intense film is a vivid. Since the caucasus have always been a nest of ethnic divisions, political doubledealing and vicious banditry i would think any decent screenwriter and director could piece together a fairly intense thriller, i was so wrong. Sep 22, 2011 5 days of war on dvd november 29, 2011 starring emmanuelle chriqui, val kilmer, andy garcia, rupert friend. The story is about the russogeorgian war over the russianbacked breakaway autonomous. Rupert friend, val kilmer, and andy garcia headline renny harlins war drama about an american journalist and his crew trapped behind. A renegade american journalist is caught behind enemy lines during the swift but devastating 5day war between russia and the georgian republic in. Rupert friend, emmanuelle chriqui, richard coyle, heather graham, andy garcia, val kilmer runtime. Stream free 5 days of war full movie online on marvel biggest.
Flimsy dramatization of russiageorgia conflict fails. Starring rupert friend, val kilmer, andy garcia, dean cain. Based on true events, this intense film is a vivid account. A drama set centered around the war between russia and georgia, and focused on an american journalist, his cameraman, and a georgian native who become caught in the crossfire. An american journalist, his cameraman and a georgian native become caught in the crossfire of the fiveday war between russian and the georg. Everything you need to know about 5 days of war movie 2011. Stream free 5 days of war full movie online on 123movies. Harlins flaring firecracker of a film, which resurrects cliches from several decades of hollywood war movies in its depiction of the brief fighting in. A renegade american journalist and his cameraman are caught behind enemy lines in this hardhitting action drama, in theaters friday, august 19th. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Inspired by the real events of the swiftbut devastating five day war between russia and the georgian republic in 2008, this actionpacked international thriller centers around a renegade american journalist rupert friend and his cameraman richard coyle caught in the combat zone during the first russian airstrikes against georgia, while filming in the border village of viziana.
Then again, the same can be said for all war movies. Overview of 5 days of war, 2011, directed by renny harlin, with rupert friend, richard coyle, emmanuelle chriqui, at turner classic movies. Jul 06, 2011 5 days of war is an actionpacked international thriller from acclaimed director, renny harlin. The 10 best war movies of 2011, according to imdb screenrant. Based on true events, the actionfilled movie 5 days of war tells the story of a group of people caught behind enemy lines during 2008s devastating fiveday war between russia and the georgia. Based on true events, this actionpacked international thriller from acclaimed director, renny harlin is a vivid account of a renegade american journalist, his cameraman and a local woman caught behind enemy lines, and determined to not only survive, but tell the world what was happening, during the swift but devastating 5 day war between russian and the. As georgia and russia mark the third anniversary of their 2008 conflict, hollywood releases a movie to support the. Based on true events, this intense film is a vivid account of a renegade american journalist, his cameraman and a local woman caught behind enemy lines, and determined to not only survive, but tell the world what was happening, during the swift but devastating 5 day war between russian and the. On russiageorgia border, caught in 5 days of war npr. A superhero movie not too rotten that changes the usual crap, even if its a tad naive and outdated, at least its exotic. Since it is dedicated to fallen journalists, i expected a lot more out of it. That is a tragedy, but one must reflect that countless more soldiers and civilians have been killed during the same period, and so the focus seems a little misguided. The release of 5 days of war, which opens in new york and.
Based on true events, this actionpacked international thriller from acclaimed director, renny harlin is a vivid account of a renegade american journalist, his cameraman and a local woman caught behind enemy lines, and determined to not only survive, but tell the world what was happening, during the swift but devastating 5 day war between russian and the georgian. Still, the movie is notable for its agonizingly authentic war ishell look, and for drawing attention to the savagery of a very recent conflict that most of the world already has forgotten. The film opens with the fact that 500 reporters have been killed in war over the last decade. It is unforgivable to borrow human grief and evoke it to lend weight to an action movie scarcely deeper than a michael bay extravaganza. Gallery of 18 movie poster and cover images for 5 days of war 2011. Oceans thirteen, god father part iii announce that the country is going to war with russia over the territory of neighboring south ossetia. Whether its passion is faked or real is impossible to tell because it is expressed with such pulpfiction gusto. After they are caught filming war crimes committed by prorussian militias, they become the target of a russian officer and his thuggish mercenary. As with any war movie, 5 days of war has sparked controversy due to its rather onesided viewpoint of the conflict. Five days of war trailer 2011 hd synopsis 5 days of war is an actionpacked international thriller from acclaimed director, renny harlin. Director renny harlins action thriller 5 days of war, will be released on dvd bluray november 29, 2011, from anchor bay films, following the 2008 russogeorgian war, including the events leading up to the conflict. Renny harlins film about the 2008 russiangeorgian crisis a. Emmanuelle chriqui and rupert friend in 5 days of war 2011 andy garcia in 5.
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