Five Thirteen (2013)

In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he ... See full summary »

Director:

Kader Ayd

Writers:

Kader Ayd, Renee Topper

Stars:

Malik Barnhardt, Taryn Manning, Tom Sizemore

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Malik Barnhardt	...	Tre
Taryn Manning	...	Lisa
Tom Sizemore	...	Glen
Steven Bauer	...	Esteban
James Russo	...	Agent Acevedo
Danny Trejo	...	El Loco
Christian Audigier	...	Henry
Gary Dourdan	...	Clyde
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Nestor
Kenneth Choi	...	C.I.A.
Avelawance Phillips	...	Mike
Costas Mandylor	...	Sheriff O'Connor
Cisco Reyes	...	Pablo
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	JJL
Jennifer Ann Massey	...	Renee

Storyline

In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to protect his young daughter from an unforgiving ex. But the justice that awaits him on the streets is far worse than anything Mike had experienced in prison. His older brother Tre begrudgingly agrees to one last "delivery", attempting to free Mike and his new girlfriend from the grips of the criminal underworld. What transpires is a wild misadventure where multiple lives unknowingly intersect, and where decisions are made that will haunt everyone forever.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and pervasive language including some sexual references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

11 June 2014 (France)

Also Known As:

513 Degrees

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$650,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spartans Entertainment,A Free World Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Cult Legends and Rising Stars: Cult Legends: Bokeem Woodbine (2016)

User Reviews

Great in idea, filming and surprises, but lacks in pace and acting

A strange bird of a movie. Brilliant in some of the work, really bad in others. Difficult to give a grade, but it ends up somewhere from mediocre to quite bad. It starts up very good, but goes down from there. Still it's in a way not entirely without interest.

The film starts off with a great tension, when a police man stops by a car where a man is sitting besides a lot of empty bear cans. We understand that there's more to it, because then tension is high, helped our with both the dramatized acting as well as the music. Then with the opening credits we get a stunning birds eye look over the big city, with big sentimental music. Loved the opening. When it starts off like this, it's very promising. But then it's like someone lost it completely.

A nice script idea, though it should maybe have been cut 15-20 minutes, to make it more tight. The film is slow paced, both in rhythm and dialog. It's quite bad-ass In a gangster' way. Maybe the film is trying to be too much? Too many stories in one? Strange ways of using retrospective techniques, as you never knows when it's happening. I think writer, editor and director Kader Ayd should have had some qualified help here, with tidying up the script and some of the other, because with good guidance this could have been a great story.

Tom Sizemore and Danny Trejo are both good psychopaths, as well as James Russo is showing their talents, and knows what to do with their roles. Some if the actors are lesser known, and they are struggling big time under the direction. Not enough to ruin all the tension, though in the beginning, because you hope you'll be able to see through it, but half way you realize it's more than enough to ruin the overall impression.

The film takes on a big job, and the ideas are close to what could have been a very effective thriller, but ending up in an awful mess.

Well, to sum it up, it ends all over the scale:

10) Surprises, and end credits song "Never been in love" by David A Stewart (of Eurythmics) and Charlotte Carter Allen. 9) Idea and inspiration. 8) Talented focused filming, and the panoramas. 7) Opening tension and opening credits. 6) The known actors' acting. 5) The music and overall score. 4) Make up, believability and the incoherent storytelling. 3) Script and the casting of the unknown actors, and their acting. 2) Rhythm, pace and ending pathos. 1) instruction, slow dialog and the overall direction.

Overall score: 3, due to the small parts which made me intrigued, in what is really an unfinished and crappy movie.