I almost always choose saying "I don't like it" instead of "it's bad"... However, I'm not going to hesitate saying awful for this movie! Unfortunately, this is worse than awful and definitely overrated. Mahsun Kirmizigul, Turkish arabesque singer-turned-movie director, is not even close to be a story teller. I'm pretty sure so many Turkish people rated this movie around 6-10, just because of some big words spoken in the movie. Two brave Turkish cops versus FBI agents, and some big words, blah blah blah, no doubt this movie flattered some sort of ego. But my friends, these things does not make a movie good! There are so many fine actors in this movie, and they all wasted. Mahsun's terrible story telling awkwardly wastes your time. Dialogues are written like for a primary school stage play, connections between the scenes, well.. there are no connections. Mahsun's worries about giving social messages is exactly at the same level as his other movies "I Saw the Sun" and "The White Angel"... Unfortunately he is giving these messages assuming the viewer is an idiot. If this movie is one of the first Turkish movies you've ever seen, please don't give up. Try some other Turkish directors, especially Yavuz Turgul, Cagan Irmak...
Review of Act of Vengeance
