Pars: Operation Cherry (2007)

A story describing Turkish narcotic police team named "Pars" who are trailing the traffic through Afghanistan, Turkey, Europe and USA.

Director:

Osman Sinav

Writers:

Aybars Bora Kahyaoglu (screenplay), Osman Sinav (screenplay)

Stars:

Mehmet Kurtulus, Nida Safak, Selçuk Yöntem

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mehmet Kurtulus	...	Atilla Karahan
Nida Safak	...	Asena
Selçuk Yöntem	...	Kadir Zebari
Murat Daltaban	...	Hashasi
Pelin Batu	...	Inci
Luk Piyes	...	Tayfun Karahan (as Haluk Piyes)
Ugur Polat	...	Ertugrul Karahan
Udo Kier	...	Klaus Kayman
Duygu Sen	...	Beril
Erdal Cindoruk	...	Narcotic Chief
Koray Ergün	...	Deputy (as Koray Ergun)
Zuhal Gencer	...	Beril's Mother
Damla Özen	...	Dilek Karahan
Turgut Tuncalp	...	Young Hashasi
Andrei Claude	...	Hashasi's bodyguard

Storyline

In a very dangerous police operation famous undercover Narcotic agent Ertugrul faces with a puzzling situation. Unfortunately he gets killed along with his wife in front of their children before he solves the secret in the dark labyrinths of the world of drugs. Sixteen years later, his older son Attila, who has grown up to be a Narcotic officer with the nickname "Panther", will seek his revenge. In a narcotic operation, Attila along with his partner Asena, who is a female narcotic officer, they seize a huge amount of drugs that belongs to infamous drug kingpin Hashasi who is disguised himself as a respectable industrialist Vahdet Bozcan. Vahdet who has strong ties with politicians, pressures the authorities to post Attila to another job. Attila being demoted and striped from all his privileges desperately tries to find his way out. On top of everything, Atilla looses his only brother Tayfun to a drug related crime and gets into depression. With the support of Asena and his colleagues ...

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Plot Keywords:

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Taglines:

You will see even in a deep dark... You will hear the crackle even in the noise... Until you close to your victim as near as claw...

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Germany]

Country:

Turkey

Language:

English Turkish

Release Date:

20 April 2007 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Pars: Operation Cherry

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,265,733

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sinegraf

Technical Specs

Runtime:

145 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Not bad, worth watching

When i watched this movie i didn't have high expectation, as I've watched many Turkish movies recently and I'm aware in what genres the Turkish cinematographers are good. The movie is worth watching and it touches very serious topics, such as drug usage among the youth etc, although it didn't have many original elements. I also didn't like the performance of many actors including Mr. Kurtulus', it was quiet mediocre.

To conclude, if you are planning to watch this movie lower your expectations and just watch it as any other Hollywood action flick with a small Turkish touch.