Five Fingers (2006)

the line between good and evil. the war. in all its forms. the appearances. and the deep roots of the story in our contemporary every day reality. few motifs for define this film as special. for the inspired grow up of story. for performances. for ambiguity who gives, at the end, an impressive revelation. for the atmosphere of play. for the states of Matjin who reflects the fears of us. for the cold verdict. and, sure, for violence who is not more than convincing spice for a film who could be a warning or just precise reflection of reality.

Sorry, this film is awful - so bad I felt compelled to write my first review. It tries to be awfully clever and fails miserably. There is nothing about this flick that redeems it. No action. No great acting. No great story line or wonderful special effects. No deep & meaningful lessons to be learned. Just a boring torture fest with no point and a silly ending. I actually skipped through the middle section which was basically more of the same, it was either that or quit watching entirely. There is NOTHING interesting about gratuitous scenes of torture. Even less interesting when it's essentially the same torture over and over again. The flashbacks were annoying, slow and boring. The story, such as it is, could easily be told in five minutes. The acting was wooden & stilted, especially the "Dutch" guy and the British tour guide, although the Dutch dude was real great at screaming. I skipped to the end just to see what the heck it was all about. Was I impressed with the "surprise" twist? Not even remotely. It was predictable and smug. Find something better to watch. The Unthinkable is a similar subject with a much deeper and richer story line, as well as awesome acting. OR better still, find a fun movie instead. I'm sick to death of pointless boring "torture porn" masquerading as "psychological thriller" movies. I actually don't mind a bit of torture and mayhem in horror movies, I just want them to have more to them than just endless torture and it helps if they don't pretend to be something more "deep and meaningful" than they actually are.

Ending is as awful as it can get. Perhaps, in the end, the poor guy cant think straight and sees no way out and just wants to end his life. Here is the deal. He has many OUTS.For example:They can use this scheme: One tells the first letter and the other tells the last letter. It is 1/28 odds to be right. To be more certain, they can tell each other the 2nd and the 2nd from the end. It would be impossible for anyone to fake it. Easy way out!I feel being intellectually cheated after 2 hrs on this crap.

OMG! i loved this movie. OK, i know 3 years after the fact but this tells you that the movie was good then and it is still good now.Laurence Fishburne did and outstanding job and so did Ryan Phillippe.Very nice to see Fishburne play this type of role. Ryan, nailed this role. so believable.This movie will keep u guessing until the very end. U will love it. I enjoy watching movies alone so I can catch every detail to truly understand the different dimensions of the movie. On this movie u should do the same.Enjoy!