# Five Aces

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***Five Aces*** is a 1999 American [black comedy](/source/Black_comedy_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) written, produced and directed by David Michael O'Neill. It stars [Charlie Sheen](/source/Charlie_Sheen), [Christopher McDonald](/source/Christopher_McDonald), [Jeff Cesario](/source/Jeff_Cesario), [Michael McGrady](/source/Michael_McGrady), [Tia Carrere](/source/Tia_Carrere), [Geoffrey Lewis](/source/Geoffrey_Lewis_(actor)), and [Matt Clark](/source/Matt_Clark_(actor)).

The film was released [direct-to-video](/source/Direct-to-video) in many countries.

## Plot

Chris Martin is a bachelor about to marry his longtime girlfriend. Wanting to enjoy his last few days as a single man, Chris spends several nights hanging out with his old high school friends, the "Five Aces". Chris, Ray, Ash, Todd and Sean spend the week at a winter cabin in their hometown, drinking, swapping life stories, and chasing women. Over the course of forty-eight hours, Chris witnesses the blow-up of one his friend's marriages, runs into an old flame looking to rekindle their relationship, and starts to have second thoughts about his upcoming nuptials.

## Reception

Writing for *Film Freak*, Walter Chaw said, "For fully half the picture's brief 95 minutes, *Five Aces* presents surprisingly realistic and sympathetic characters engaging in well-written and performed conversations...The film earns a recommendation for the rapport and general likeability of our sensitive heroes, but it comes with the warning that *Five Aces* only maintains its integrity for about an act-and-a-half before succumbing to the mawkish and the easy."[2]

## References

1. ["Five Aces"](https://morgancreek.com/films/five-aces/). *[Morgan Creek](/source/Morgan_Creek_Entertainment)*. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

1. Chaw, Walter (May 20, 2002). ["Five Aces (1999) - DVD"](https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2002/05/five-aces.html). *Film Freak Central*. Retrieved 2023-06-17.

## External links

- [*Five Aces*](http://www.revolutionstudios.com/film/five-aces/) at [Revolution Studios](/source/Revolution_Studios)
- [Five Aces](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203503/) at IMDb

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