5 Days of War

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5 Days of War
Official teaser poster
Directed by	Renny Harlin
Written by	Mikko Alanne David Battle
Produced by	Renny Harlin George Lascu David Imedo Mirza Davitaia Koba Nakopia
Starring	Andy García Val Kilmer Richard Coyle Emmanuelle Chriqui Rupert Friend Johnathon Schaech Dean Cain Rade Šerbedžija Antje Traue Heather Graham Mikheil Gomiashvili Mikko Nousiainen
Cinematography	Checco Varese
Edited by	Brian Berdan
Music by	Trevor Rabin
Production company	RexMedia
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment (US)
Release date	June 5, 2011 (2011-06-05) (Georgia)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Georgian Russian
Budget	$12 million[1]
Box office	$316,944[2]

5 Days of War is a 2011 action film directed by Renny Harlin.^[3] The story is about the Russo-Georgian War^[4] over the Russian-backed breakaway autonomous republic of South Ossetia in Georgia, including the events leading up to the conflict.

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.

Plot

In 2007, during the

• Rupert Friend as Thomas Anders, an American reporter
• Emmanuelle Chriqui as Tatia, a young Georgian woman
• Richard Coyle as Sebastian Ganz, an English reporter
• Heather Graham as Miriam, an American reporter in Iraq
• Johnathon Schaech as Rezo Avaliani, a young Georgian officer
• Rade Serbedzija
  as Col. Alexandr Demidov
• Andy García as Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia
• Val Kilmer as "Dutchman", a journalist^[5]
• Mikko Nousiainen as Daniil
• Mikheil Gomiashvili as Anton Medoev, father of Tatia^[6]
• Ani Imnadze as Sofi Medoev
• Antje Traue as Zoe, an American reporter
• Kenneth Cranham as Michael Stilton, an English war reporter
• Dean Cain as Chris Bailot, secretary of Saakashvili
• Sergo Shvedkov as Temur Iakobashvili, Georgian Minister of Reintegration
• Steven Robertson as Davit Kezerashvili, Georgian Defense Minister
• Alan McKenna as Alexander Lomaia, Georgian Representative to the U.N.
• Malkhaz Abuladze as Mayor of Tbilisi, Giorgi Ugulava
• Marshall Manesh as Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland, Chairman of the delegation leaders of the former Eastern bloc
• Givi Sikharulidze as Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
• Zura Tsintsqiladze as Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia

Production

Filming started in October 2009, in Tbilisi. Filming took 36 days with a budget of 12 million dollars.^[1]

According to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, the film was not financed by the Georgian government; however one of the producers, David Imedashvili, said that the initial funding for the project came from a Georgian government fund.^[7] According to Georgian media the movie was financed by Koba Nakopia,^[8] a parliamentarian from the ruling United National Movement^[9] party of Saakashvili. Also credited as producer are director Renny Harlin, George Lascu and Mirza Davitaia, who served as Georgian State Minister for "diaspora issues" from 2009 to 2012, who at the time of filming was the Georgian Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture, Monument Protection and Sports.^[10][11][12]

One of the buildings of the

• The film first premiered in
  Russo-Georgian war.^[14][15][16]
• London, England, June 9, 2011^[17][18]
• Georgia, June 6, 2011^[19]
• United States, August 19, 2011^[20]
• Poland, April 27, 2012^[21]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 34% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 4.44/10.^[22] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[23] Both Bloomberg and The Washington Post gave it a one-star rating.^[24][25]

5 Days of War opened in

The film was vehemently denounced by the government of South Ossetia with their Minister of Media, Georgiy Kabisov, calling it "Hitler propaganda" and the people that made it as "Nazis." Kabisov also went on to say that the Georgian people and government where "spiteful aggressors" and that the film rejects the "truth" of the war.^[27]

Home media

5 Days of War was released on