''The Fifth Patient'' is a 2007 American thriller film written and directed by Amir Mann, and starring Nick Chinlund and

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. The film was shot in the United States and Mexico, and released on June 10, 2007.

Premise

John Reilly, an American national, finds himself in an African hospital where, he learns he has spent the last two years due to a head injury. He remembers nothing of his past and is accused of being a spy. The film features Helen, a woman Reilly believes might be his wife.

Cast and characters

* Nick Chinlund – John Reilly * Isaach De Bankolé – Cpt. Mugambe *

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– Vince Callow *

– Helen *

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– Apu *

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– Darudi *

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– Dr. Stevenson *

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– Khodorov * Henry Czerny – Gerard Pinker * Peter Bogdanovich – Edward Birani

Production

The film is Amir Mann's first feature.

Release

The film was internationally distributed, as ''El quint paciente'' in Spanish, ''O quinto paciente'' in Portuguese, for example.

Reception

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'' stated: "This is an immediate and engrossing set-up, similar to the basic template for plenty of thrillers, and it lends ''The Fifth Patient'' a certain momentum that lasts more than halfway through the film, until writer-director Mann starts providing some answers about why exactly his main character (Chinlund) is in Africa, and what his mysterious tormentors and/or allies are trying to get out of him. As the possible spy begins to regain bits and pieces of his memory, along the way becoming more confident in his own espionage skills, the film resembles ''The Bourne Identity'' on a smaller scale." A review in ''Variety'' also found that "the guessing games lose their intrigue since the underlying mystery is suspiciously thin".''

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'' too judged that the film was " for the first hour at least a taut, claustrophobic mystery".

References

External links

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The Fifth Patient - Shoreline Entertainment
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