The Fifth Commandment (2008)

• Year: 2008
• Released: 22 Aug 2008
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492881/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fifth_commandment
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: Rick Yune
• Director: Jesse V. Johnson
• Cast: Rick Yune, Roger Yuan, Dania Ramirez
• Keywords: police, hired killer, parent killed, adopted brother, desk sergeant, police interrogation,

4.5/10

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A must see…for the wrong reasons

If for no other reason one should view this movie as a perfect example one two things. First being why you should not let an actor of questionable talent write, produce, and star in his own film. Second would be how not to make a movie…period. I suppose I’ll give Rick Yune an “A” for effort seeing as how he wrote the story, produced the film, and starred in it. That’s got to take a lot of work. That does not, however, excuse his lackluster performance and the stinted dialogue of the lead and pretty much all characters. Even Keith David, a talented character actor who almost always seems to pick lousy roles, couldn’t do much even with the rather limited time he’s on screen. In the time Yune spent putting his name all over this thing he could’ve done things like…oh, I don’t know…learned how work with a fight choreographer. The young Chance, played by the ridiculously-named-but-very-talented young martial artist Boo Boo Stewart, wastes his time impressing with his skills early. Then Yune pitches all of that out the window by displaying the martial arts skills of a bag of hammers. What action sequences there are do not come off as anything special and some almost yawn-inducing. Sadly this movie could have been a showcase for the potential of more than just Yune, but it trips out of the gate and just continues falling farther and farther back until you don’t even care how it ends. Well, at least I didn’t.

Exhausted

I really like Rick Yune and it really isn’t easy rating the movie that low. But I just can’t rate the movie higher. As another reviewer wrote, you could give Rick Yune an “A” for his efforts. But it might have been better, if someone else would have written the story, someone (many?) would have helped him with the producing part and maybe if the movie had stronger leads.

The acting is way below average, but then again, the script doesn’t seem to have anything that anyone could hold onto. The female lead might be beautiful, but is totally misplaced. While I’m writing about all this, some of you might wonder, why I haven’t lost a word about the action sequences. After all this is an action movie and the really important part is the choreography of these scenes. I’d say that they save the movie from a “1” rating, but as the time and the stunts have progressed the last year, coming up with stunts like these, won’t really cut it. There’s Ong Bak, Tom Yum Goong and also Donnie Yen’s and Jet Li’s latest efforts. Even for a fan of the genre, this won’t appeal to you. I hope for Rick Yune, that he finds better projects in the future.

Not supposed to be Ong Bak

Kristal, the fifth commandment is “Thou shalt not kill” for the overwhelming number of Christians in the world. There are a few protestant sects that split the First Commandment into two and then combine the ninth and tenth into one. For them the Fifth would end up as “Honour you father and mother”. However for Catholics, Orthodox, and other historical churches, the Fifth Commandment it the one that prohibits murder.

That said, this is not a great movie but this isn’t supposed to be an epic movie that takes itself too seriously. Instead, it is simply an action film worthy of a couple hours distraction.