Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin (2011) Poster

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7/10
A Good Conceptual Action Movie !
hasanxenith17 May 2021
WOW! That was satisfying ! It depicted a very tragic incident about Gaza flotilla raid . And it proved Turks can do "ANYTHING" .

It was a good idea and concept . The film showed us different location , culture , politics , ideology . But There were some illogical stunts . I know this is an action movie , but without those stunt I would give it 8 or 9 .

Allover , entertaining ! Best of luck Turkic people . Love from Bangladesh.
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5/10
Reverse Rambo
tanyels28 January 2011
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The production value of this movie matches most of the Hollywood movies including The Hurt's Locker. Explosions and such are so well that I wonder how a Turkish company managed to have such good fx. But when it comes to storytelling, it is worse than B-grade movies. It features mindless Israeli soldiers who fight like first graders with rifles. The storyline itself is filled with many illogical and senseless events. In fact, you leave the cinema thinking that it would have been better if these Turkish Commandos never tried to help the Palestinians as they unwillingly cause hundreds of dead civilians just for the revenge of 9 dead turks. I would also like to note that the amount of dead Israeli soldiers in this whole movie could probably outnumber the real causaulties during some of the lesser scale wars between Israel and Lebanon/Palestine. So in the end, the movie makes no point. It's a Rambo with an eastern setting. We face a movie that can technically outclass half of the Hollywood movies in terms of production quality but is outclassed in terms of art by B-grade direct-to-video movies. I wish they had hired a real writer and director and this could have been a real hit. I give it 5 out of 10 for it's production values only.
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5/10
cheap script produced with a super-high budget
zaferzipzip23 February 2011
I think if someone wanted to write a script without using his/her brain, he or she would be able to write something no worse than this one. I give it a 5 out of 10. 5 for its production value which is stunning for a Turkish action movie ,and 0 for having nothing else but action. Unfortunately movies need a story to be shot, but this one was shot only for its action scenes. Someone compares this with Munich in way probably you would compare a cucumber to a peach... The conclusion I drew from the movie is that KVF is a cruel exploitation of a real tragedy. Because the situation there is a human issue rather than simply good vs evil. Beware this movie's ill-ideology (being oppressed justifies violent actions),and enjoy it bearing this in mind that it is nothing more than a movie made to fill some people's pockets.
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Political, Action, Revenge, Movie
eoinej23 September 2011
First time I have (knowingly) watched a Turkish movie. Regardless of bias claims, inaccuracy bleating, and all the rest from various reviews, I found this to be a gripping, fast moving spectacle as good as anything out of Hollywood, and approaching in style anything from the French action/thriller genre.

The heroes were just that, despite the violence, and it is about time that some one other than Americans, British, and possibly the French, were portrayed as super-skilled warriors. Anti-Semitic? No way, the heroine is Jewish. Pro Palestinian? Why not? These people are treated like dirt by occupying invaders with apparent impunity on the world stage.

For me, this was as riveting as Black Hawk Down or The Kingdom, with a setting and backdrop as good as the actual movie itself. Inconsistencies only serve to highlight issues and prompt further investigation for a more balanced view.

I have given 7/10 because the ending is a bit abrupt, otherwise it would have got 8 or even.....
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2/10
extremely 1 sided view of real issues
thecoveneys25 May 2011
Just finished watching this very very 1 sided view of very real issues, This movie paints the Israelis as merciless murdering thugs while showing the Turkish trained Palestinians as righteous freedom fighters who seem to be incredibly good at killing Israeli soldiers with single shots to the head even tho the soldiers are completely out of sight.

The "Good guys" all 4 of them seem to decimate hordes of Israeli soldiers while never seeming to reload their weapons and not carrying any spare ammo but always seeming to have plenty dressed only in their Miami vice era suits and incredibly being able to dodge every bullet fired their way. One of them holds and fires his assault rifle American made of course like my 4 year old daughter holds the hose when she helps me wash the car. I saw one Israeli soldier get hit in the elbow then jolted and fell dead...??????

Cant believe i paid to watch this drivel.
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10/10
Awesome action flick with superb gun shot sequences.
Fella_shibby23 April 2018
I am writing the review again as somehow my old review written in 2012 got deleted.

This film is jus like any action film which shud jus be enjoyed for its awesome action sequences.

I first saw this in 2012 on a dvd which i own.

Revisited it recently.

Its like Rambo on steroids.

Of course the body count aint anywhere close to Rambo 4.

The gun firing sequences r awesomely shot. The bombings, the chase, the mini war like sequence is top notch.

Action fans will rejoice. Some haters r finding it unbelievable that an elite group of only four soldiers wreak havoc on a sadist military group.

And the same group of haters rejoice when Bond, Xander Cage, Ethan Hunt, Rambo, etc. Single handedly take on huge armies.

Havent seen any of its prequel or sequel but looking forward to Valley of the Wolves : Homeland, as the trailer is awesome.

Mind you, this film is not against Jews or Israel.

It is jus an action film about one group of soliders taking on another group.

I jus enjoyed the action.
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7/10
Only pro-Palestinian(pro-truth);not "anti-Semitic"
muhtasimmonjur29 July 2021
Reflects the true sufferings of the Palestinians and the torture of the Israeli Defence Forces;hints that many Jews feel for the Palestinians; good action. The story and direction need improvement to make it more realistic and emotionally touching. Needs work on details An overall great and brave effort. Love from 🇧🇩 for 🇵🇸🇹🇷
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1/10
Bad acting, Recast and biased movie.
getin24 May 2011
When a movie is made out as a propaganda, it putts little effort into acting, storyline or truth for that matter. it is full of recast clichés and is just tiresome to watch. Acting in the film seems a bit on the amateur side. Although there were a few actors which were good. but in the end on going propaganda and the usual portraying of western countries as killers of women and children can really annoy. The story was supposed to be built around the revenge of a Turkish commando team for the Gaza flotilla raid, if the movie was supposed to be built around true events it should not make up its own series of events to fit its storyline, the result is a forced storyline with mediocre acting.
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10/10
of course israli's dislike it .. but its awesome whatever you think
shuhaabshah-329 May 2014
so so so many movies have been made against muslims in palistine and every one of them deionizes muslims and justifies their killing if most dramatic ways possible.. now this movie comes and makes you understand their perspective and what do you know . most people call it biased .. meh.

LOVE THIS MOVIE>>

now coming to the movie itself . this is a gem in action movies that has not been getting the attention it deserves .. honestly its 10 times better the and first 3 rambo movies . the action and acting was off the charts and everything seemed believable.. music seemed perfect for the scenes. and the tragic deaths were really heartbreaking..

IN SHORT THIS MOVIE IS A MUST SEE FOR ANY GUN LOVING ACTION FAN WHO WANTS TO FEEL THE REALISM IN MOVIES. .
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3/10
Illogical war
tjahyadi-nugroho22 May 2011
This film should be titled as Four Invincibles, I wish I will see some dramas inside the Palestinian war, but I disappointed I do not find anything interest but gun firing, the ridiculous thing is that the Israeli soldier pictured like a doll, the 1st Palestinian hero very common and could be said as Turkish Chow Yun Fat, another is the crippled Rambo, the strongest character is Moshe , this film put Israel as a bad guy, on the other hand Palestinian always hero and victim, I think only kids can enjoy cause they only knows just shoot and shoot. We do not see in this film sharing a wise like Hollywood war film which telling from both sides.
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10/10
Revenge on Screen ?
laztrix30 January 2011
When an Elite Israeli special force team hit a humanitarian ship that was headed to Gaza (Palestinian) in International waters middle in the night with helicopters, 9 civilians were killed during heavy Israeli fire. All members of the boat were civilians, unarmed (not counting the sticks and kitchen knives) compared to the heavy artillery the Israeli soldiers had.

It created an enormous event in the Middle East; the media was all over it, especially in Turkey which has led to a political conflict between two countries.

The producers and creators of Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves) and the franchises of the series had announced to produce a movie which will tell the story of what happened that night. It was critically acclaimed so to say in the Middle East and released internationally. I'm one of the lucky ones who could watch this movie in Germany, which was first banned by FSK (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Filmwirtschaft) for accused violence and political reasons. After an appeal the film was released for audience above the age of 18.

For those who have watched "Munich" before the story line what expects you is pretty much the same. 11 Israeli athletes were killed in 1972 during the Olympics in Munich and an Israeli special team was assembled to get revenge and kill the responsible ones for the attack.

In this movie you have the same element: Polat Alemdar and his men are going to find the persons responsible of the attack on the humanitarian ship, and punish them.

It brings the drama in Palestinian to screen; innocent killing and conflicts in Gaza. I myself found the level of violence and killing in some scene rather unnecessary. Avoiding some political references and lines would have made this movie lot better.

There were no obvious and bothering political messages in Munich, despite some of critics described the movie as an "Israeli propaganda movie". If you think the same as I am, you will not have a problem watching this movie.

Let me remind you it's not a 100 million dollar movie. It has a big budget compared to the production in the Middle East but you will see the difference in production and some authenticity flaws if you compare it to American blockbusters.
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3/10
A Turkish James Bond
mevviltd28 May 2011
"Valley of the Wolves- Palestine" is a reasonably well-made action movie, every good if we are to take into account that it is a Turkish production, and not a very expensive one.

The film is action-packed, and is very similar to American action movies with all the necessary ingredients, that is, one or more invincible good guys and one or more demon-like bad guys, who are, of course, very predictable and ask the bad guys just the right, predictable questions (why did you come to Israel?) to receive a well phrased, predictable answers (I didn't come to Israel, I came to Palestine.) the plot is not too realistic- with all due respect to the heroic Turkish commando, I doubt they could land in Israel unspotted, let alone slaughter half of the Israeli army. As for the Marmara scenes, having watched the actual videos of the incident, I can say that the film overdid it just a bit.

To sum it up, the film is pretty entertaining if you live somewhere on the North Pole , don't have a clue what's going on in the Middle East and not aware of the balance of powers of the main political entities in the film.
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Another terrible antisemeitic movie
AlexanderExtazy30 May 2011
The first 5 minutes of the movie wasn't bad... then as soon as I saw 3 goofballs walking around the streets of Jerusalem wanting to appear like mafiosi, my worst nightmare has come to reality: Another Turkish dream made semi-real on television. Definitely not worth watching; this movie makes Steven Segal seem like god of action movies. Firstly, 100% of all Jewish characters in the movie (and not 0.1% under) appear as evil, cruel, and inhuman. The director must have put those "touching" scenes on purple to make viewers have sympathy on the villagers and Palestinians. The entire point of this movie is to make the Jews appear as the villains; maybe the director needs a history lesson. Secondly, let's just imagine for a second that humans can fly and these events in the movie were true... a little reality please? 3 guys (not to mention they look moreorless like traffic cops) managed to take over the streets of Israel and literally bombard their way in Mossad headquarters: very pathetic. A lot more effort on that behalf is still not enough to cover the ridiculousness. Thirdly, and this relates closely to my second point: Israeli soldiers (IDF) are the most skilled militiamen in the world. A couple hundred of them managed to get killed by 3 cops from a 3rd world country, and not to mention one of them is shot in the leg, and in the arm by a lethal bullet specifically designed with chemicals inside. The Moshe character was supposed to be killed the instant the chemical got in his eye.

I can say a fourth, fifth, a sixth and even a seventh note and possibly more regarding this movie, but why bother waste my time and yours. Concluding my summary, I somehow found this to be more of a comedy than drama. Let the Turks enjoy their dreams, we expect many more to come on television, and I look forward for another one of them Turkic comedies!
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1/10
Horrible agitprop
asterisk-893-14603324 December 2011
What pile of trash this movie is. The title is entirely misplaced- it should be named something like: jihadist paradise. Tipicaly for Muslim view on history or realty, there are some group of peaceful loving Muslims (this time its Palestinians), attacked and tortured by evil non Muslims (this time its a Jews). But hey, there is also Allah factor, so he sends justice through Turkish super Rambo who kill Jewish soldiers almost looking at them. With one gun (self refilling) we see a new holocaust taking place, one bullet fits two and Jewish army dyeing on a rate greater than those of Russians at Stalingrad. But 'good' will prevail, Allah will be pleased and all that from director from the country who refuse to admit Armenian genocide and who turn once largest Christian city into Muslim China.
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10/10
A hidden purpose behind this movie..
unforgiven-05510 June 2011
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I liked the movie very much and I think this is diplomatic answer of what Turkey could have done, or might do in the future if Israel kill any Turkish innocent People again.. Please don't build your opinion about that movie on your beliefs that Israel is innocent and can't do this stuff, and this is one sided movie. not true. this is a fact of what happen on Palestine, most of u just know what your governments wants u to know, u don't see Palestine's dead kids check this website it's an American and it's trusted, see the real numbers, be aware of the truth.. (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/).So, please make sure u know what u r talking about before saying it's a bad movie, sorry for my bad English i hope u get the point. thank you
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3/10
worthless to see!
amirsw431 August 2012
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defeat army in one minute! i think we should categorize this movie as sci-fiction ones. boring story that is biased ..just beautiful ladies!can be seen through out this political movie. just one minute is enough to understand all aspects of film and details .. get use to it ..this not the worse but one of them .

advantages:good killing scene.beautiful ladies disadvantages:biased and boring storyline ..amateur acting.simple film locations

my advice is if you want to watch a movie that change you mind abouth some facts and you donn ot even care about reality ..watch it

take your chance!
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10/10
One word: AMAZING!
ismail_luqman_talib24 April 2011
This time, Polat Alemdar and his team head into the land of Palestine. With their amazing moves and accurate shooting, They make an awesome team. I can't wait to see their next one. It was probably one of the best movies I've seen in my life and they made me feel I was in it. This action and adventure packed movie really did get my emotional side when Ahmed (the disabled boy) was crushed under command of the heartless commander Moshe. This is a movie me and my friends definitely won't forget. The action, the story and the team all fell into perfect place and there is no clear way of improving it. My favorite part was when they had left on the helicopter and how they had pre-planned everything against these evil occupiers. Peace and Love, Ismail
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4/10
Trash Film
Falconeer3 February 2020
I begin by stating here that I am absolutely Pro-Palestine and recognize the Palestinian people as the true victims in the seemingly never ending struggle throughout the Middle East. I am also well aware of the media lies that promote Israel as "the good guys," as that is a joke. I'm rating this film strictly on it's quality as a movie, and it is severely lacking. It has the feel of American B movies from the 80's, and it looks cheaper than lower level Hollywood actioners like "Red Scorpion," which is actually a good looking film. The creators of this installment went too far with demonizing the enemy, to the point where they look like bad guys from a cartoon. It's hard to believe that Israeli soldiers ran around gleefully murdering little kids while laughing. And it's ridiculous to portray the Israeli military as helpless, bumbling fools that can rain down a shower of machine gun fire without hitting one person, while one Palestinian sharp shooter can take down thousands of guys with one small hand gun. Israel's military is considered one of the strongest and most well trained in the world. I absolutely understand patriotism and pride in ones country, but this really insults the intelligence of it's audience. I searched for this because of how fantastic "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" was; .a really fine film. This one had a different director and I'm guessing a different writer. That makes a big difference apparently. Those interested in this series should check that one out and forget the rest.
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10/10
It was the amazing film I have ever seen.
sibeldiren198028 January 2011
It was the amazing film I have ever seen. Action scenes was amazing, which were directing by Mark Meddings,the special effects supervisor of Saving Private Ryan, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator and many more. Dramatic scenes were makes everyone cry. Location on scenes selection of compatible with Palastine. Strictly film was so realistic.

Erdal Besikcioglu's and Necati Sasmaz's performances were great!

As a picture goer from Turkey it was so nice that Turkish Film Industry produced an amazing film like this. It is so important producing films like this to improve Turkish Film Industry.

Thanks for the producer PANA FILM.
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10/10
Story was so thrilling
smarifbillah14 August 2019
I've seen this movie for many times. Contains an amazing story. Acting, makin, locatio, everything was so perfect.There are subtitles available for every language. For me, I downloaded Bengali subtitle by Googlin.
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8/10
Boosts up Turkish movie standards
erkansirin783 February 2011
First of all I should like to congratulate players, director, producer and other staff and Pana Film those who put so much work in this movie. It almost grabs Hollywood peer's standards with regard to action and engage scenes. It encourages Turkish movie sector. It hits the perception that The Turkish movies have poor quality once the Bollywood's had the same. Bollywood has improved its quality for ten years and is just about second movie industry around the globe. With this movie I am convinced from now on that Turks will be able to produce more quality movies.

Staff paid attention every details that is not likely to expected average Turkish movie. Action and engage scenes are so fine. Sound was great. Frankly I expected to see somewhat longer version of series broadcast on TV.

Finally, I must tell this as a tank expert: Mr. Alemdar you cannot drive and fire Merkava at the same time which did Rambo the same mistake in Afghanistan and at least should have send Memati or Abdülhey to driver section :)
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10/10
Wonderful Turkish Film Polat Alemdar is Immortal
sude00129 June 2011
This time, Polat Alemdar and his team head into the land of Palestine. With their amazing moves and accurate shooting, They make an awesome team. I can't wait to see their next one. It was probably one of the best movies I've seen in my life and they made me feel I was in it. This action and adventure packed movie really did get my emotional side when Ahmed (the disabled boy) was crushed under command of the heartless commander Moshe. This is a movie me and my friends definitely won't forget. The action, the story and the team all fell into perfect place and there is no clear way of improving it. My favorite part was when they had left on the helicopter and how they had prey planned everything against these evil occupiers. Peace and Love All of these scenes is real in the world in the Palestine. If you don't believe you can search by internet Palestine. No body kill innocent people without reason. We are Turks , Ottomans.

Ss34
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a mediocre film with a very sad yet true background !
wild_blood0818 July 2011
most people find this movie one sided it is ......... which war based movie isn't ??? p.s it is just as one sided as the reality is ... even the death toll of Palestinian children is more than Israeli army !! the movie is based on the same reality with a lot of amateur filming mistakes and definitely can not be compared to any Hollywood movie with remotely as high budget as of this movie, the action could have been made a lot better than what was shown in the movie... still it was a good movie !this movie certainly shows one thing that Turkish film industry can produce good movies. i'd certainly recommend to see this movie to everyone
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10/10
World best movie
hashakb5 August 2020
This is best movie and full of action with justice to victims Palestinian against zionist. Every human need to watch this and judge the reality.
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10/10
Absolutely amazing!Must watch film!
onursen19 October 2019
I highly recommend the film.Fx graphics and action scenes are quite good.
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