Product Details

• Actors: Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Richard Coyle
• Directors: Renny Harlin
• Writers: Mikko Alanne
• Format: Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: ANCHOR BAY
• DVD Release Date: November 29, 2011
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B005J4TLP2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,427 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Inspired by the real events of the swift--but devastating--five-day war between Russia and Georgia in 2008, this action-packed international thriller centers around an American journalist (Rupert Friend) and his cameraman (Richard Coyle) caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a young Georgian schoolteacher from the attack, the two reporters agree to help reunite her with her family when she loses them in the chaos in exchange for serving as their interpreter. As the three attempt to escape to safety, they witness--and document--the devastation from the full-scale crossfire and cold-blooded murder of innocent civilians.

They desperately attempt to broadcast the footage they've captured while under attack from the Russian soldiers and local mercenaries, but are met with resistance from American and international networks either shorthanded from covering the Beijing Olympics or simply fatigued by war news. The trio realizes their survival is paramount, so they can live to broadcast the truth.

This vivid, heart-pounding film directed by acclaimed director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Cliffhanger), 5 Days of War sheds light on the complicated politics and dangers involved with exposing the truth during times of war. 5 Days of War also features an international ensemble cast, including Heather Graham, Johnathon Schaech, Rade Sherbedgia, Mikko Nousiainen, Dean Cain with Andy Garcia and Val Kilmer.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars great action movie. December 14, 2011

By chuck

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Good action movie. Solid action scenes throughout. Good acting by most and a compelling story. Movie is about he Russian invasion of the former Soviet republic of Georgia. A very pro Western country that wants into the EU and NATO. The media enjoyed ignoring this little war at the time because we were bogged down in Iraq and Russia knew this when they decided to invade. The people of Georgia were left to be slaughterd alone fighting Russian agression as this movie shows. This movie deserves much more press than it is getting. Its no DieHard but true real life ussually isn't.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars i enjoyed this movie alot August 2, 2012

By Doug

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i rented this movie on Netflix and i watch it i enjoy the movie a lot it had very good story and good casting
so i enjoyed it alot

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars History made into action, action, ACTION! January 9, 2012

By J. Bradley

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Another political/war movie from the late summer of '11, that was in limited release, but went straight to video where they probably always intended it, is "5 Days of War". It's about the Russian invasion that happened in '08. You remember that, right? The Russians invaded the small country of Georgia because they were supposedly bothering the small area of people inside that country called South Ossetia? At the time the Presidential campaign was going on and McCain said he wanted to go to war there? Yeah, right. Well that kind of international disinterest is just what the reporters in this story have to deal with as they're running from the invading army of Causac mercenaries while trying to get the atrocities they videoed out to the rest of a world, more interested in American Idol and the Olympics. The movie isn't really as interesting a story about modern journalism and war as it could be, but for what was basically a limited release intended mostly for video, they really didn't skimp on the location work and the military hardware on display - and the pyrotechnics. Lot's of stuff blows up in this. This movie really kinda' plays like a video game - in fact it surprises me nobody has tried to make it into one. The reporters are running from the army, trying to get incriminating footage, trying to get refugees to safety and trying to get the footage they've recorded on a video card somewhere where it can be uploaded for broadcast. It almost makes you look around your living room for the game controller. The action's too spectacular to take the movie as a serious rendition of what happened and a few of the characters and situations seem a little stock - two of the Causac "villains" seem like they should be in a James Bond movie. Still though, I like it sometimes when movies "encapsulate" events like this into a form that seems to have lots of "bits" that one can leap off into the actual, real aspects of it - if one wants to then go and read up more on the subject. I guess they felt they had to up the action aspect of it to still get people interested in this subject. It's an interesting movie that'll have to do until somebody else can make a more relevant rendition of this event.