Kabadayi (2007)

Ali Osman is living a quiet life after years of struggle, murder and tears. And he is slowly slipping into dementia. He made his peace with the horrible life he had and waiting for his ... See full summary »

Director:

Ömer Vargi

Writer:

Yavuz Turgul

Stars:

Sener Sen, Kenan Imirzalioglu, Ismail Hacioglu

Cast

Credited cast:
Sener Sen	...	Ali Osman
Kenan Imirzalioglu	...	Devran
Ismail Hacioglu	...	Murat
Asli Tandogan	...	Karaca
Rasim Öztekin	...	Sürmeli
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ferdi Akarnur	...	Talat
Muhammed Akay	...	Koruma
Atakan Aksu	...	Küçük Devran
Sehsuvar Aktas	...	Taksi Soförü
Ayberk Atilla	...	Hasan
Samim Baki	...	Teoman
Tuncay Beyazit	...	Baskomiser
Rana Cabbar	...	Haco
Bahtiyar Engin
Yasin ER	...	Esref

Storyline

Ali Osman is living a quiet life after years of struggle, murder and tears. And he is slowly slipping into dementia. He made his peace with the horrible life he had and waiting for his final day to come. He then learns a long kept secret about a rebel boy whom happens to be his son. The boy is targeted by an insane mobster over a pretty singer girl. After a bloody firefight in a bar where she performs, the boy and the girl takes refuge in Ali Osman's life. Now Ali Osman is at a junction; will he break his vow of peace and take the matter into his hands or will he let dementia make him forget about everything?

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Plot Keywords:

gay character | singer | istanbul turkey | father son relationship | violence | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Offical Site

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

14 December 2007 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

For Love and Honour

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fida Film, Filma-Cass

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Ali Osman: If you're gonna challenge Ali Osman, you should know how many guns he carry.

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Soundtracks

Nihavend Saz Semavisi
Composed by Serif Muhittin Targan
Rights by Kalan Müzik

User Reviews

First rate disappointment

Unbelievable, exploitative and often downright silly, Kabadayi is a disappointment of the first order. One of Turkish cinema's best loved actors, Sener Sen, reprises his character from Eskiya (1996), without bothering to add a single nuance to his performance. Yavuz Turgul, writer/director of Eskiya, is also responsible for this script. However, where Eskiya managed to convey serious social messages within a rousing tale of violence and its consequences, Kabadayi never rises above the level of a second rate Hong Kong tale of revenge. Kenan Imirzalioglu, a reliable if limited leading man, overacts to the point of caricature as the villain of the piece, Devran. A number of stalwarts of modern Turkish cinema bravely try to inject some individuality into their clichéd characters without success. Young leads, Ismail Hacioglu (Murat) and Asli Tandogan (Karaca) look good but act with the vivacity of a couple of shop window mannequins that were given temporary lives. Editing is a disaster and the script appears to have run away from its writer to be completed during the shoot. There is plenty of unintended comedy – especially during the final climax… If it weren't preceded with fanfare that raised expectations and invited obvious comparisons to Eskiya (one of the most involving Turkish films of recent times) the disappointment would not have been that great. As it stands, the film is a disgrace on all fronts. Comparisons to works of Coppola and Scorsese would have been insulting if they weren't so outrageously comical. 1/10.