"Martijn (Ryan Phillippe), an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat (Laurence Fishburne), trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate," according to the Lions Gate synopsis.Mr. Phillippe is the star here. Looking model-perfect, with eyebrows plucked to perfection, may be why Mr. Fishburne questions his sexuality. Phillippe answers, "Not everyone in Amsterdam is gay… it's like saying every Muslim is a terrorist." Touché. For a supposedly Muslim lass, Gina Torres is painted well enough to arouse… suspicions. The torture here is that she and Fishburne intend to periodically remove Phillippe's fingers if he doesn't cooperate… And, he's a tough sell.***** Five Fingers (4/28/06) Laurence Malkin ~ Ryan Phillippe, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Torres, Touriya Haoud

A good story about our time. Good interpretation and the shadows of an interesting thriller. Source of lot of questions about values and social realities. A bitter end and a statue as signature.Some pieces makes this movie more that slide of fiction. A lot of ideals, a dangerous game, dark atmosphere and the truth like mirror of possibilities. A Dutch as new Don Quixote. A strange scientist. And the words - pats of a fight in which winner is outdoor. A story and a form of protest. Psichologicall thriller and political movie. A dark vision about present. And the abdication. A bitter movie. With an angelic Ryan Phillip and some drops of news. They, the door is open. And the fiction is only a far convention.

Screenplay by Chad Thurman is shared with director Laurence Malkin; an intense drama driven by humanity. Ryan Phillippe plays Martin, a Dutchman flying to Morocco to set up a charity food program to help the needy. He is kidnapped by a terrorist group led by Ahmat(Laurence Fishburne), who wants to know where Martin got his money. The chained and terrorized Martin is forced to play chess while being interrogated. Pleading ignorance and innocence, the Dutchman has a finger chopped off with each uncooperative answer. You instantly picture in your mind the outcome of this gritty and flinching film...hold on for the very clever mind blowing finale. Sometimes there in no price for freedom. The cast includes: Gina Torres, Colm Meaney, Touriya Haoud and Mimi Ferrer.

In Five Fingers, two people arrive in Morroco as part of a food distribution program. There is nice scenery of Morocco as two volunteers Gavin (Colm Meany) and Martijn (Ryan Phillipe) tour the landscape by bus. He is mysteriously tailed upon his arrival, and abducted. He awakens chained and is realizes he is "targeted". But is Martijn really who he says he is? A North African Ahmat (Lawrence Fishburne) begins a game of chess that is really a game of cat and mouse. As he ends the chess match with increasingly painful torture events. With one tormentor knowing more and trying to learn greater details, and a victim denying, yet somehow giving away more via flashbacks **Spoilers*** Needless to say the difficulty in distribution (since this came out in 2006) is due to the initial execution of one "victime" and torture of another during the War on Terror years 2001-????. It wasn't going to find proper distribution, however, it was curious that it was o.k. to show the torture of would be suspected Islamic terrorists in Rendition, 24 and countless other films, yet not show the reverse situation.That being said, it is a pretty good film that builds suspense. In the vein of Death and the Maiden or the Interview. In the ending, you really expect a bigger twist - so it is a lot more predictable then it started off.5.9 of 10