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Kerem
Reviews
Prison Heat (1993)
How about the truth?
Well, it may be fun to see this soft-porn for you, but politically speaking, this movie is the perfect example of hatred against Turkey where the story took place. This is not how it works in this country. Also, the picture of Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was "defaced" and played on to make him look like a monster. And, you should note that the girls are very well treated in Greece, and very bad treated in Turkey. I wonder where the producers of this film are!
Midnight Express (1978)
Is this the truth?
Well, this is a very good movie, artistically speaking. But when it comes to the story, it is exaggerated to the extent that we root for someone that has hash plates all over his body! If you noticed, there is not one Turkish who is 'good' in this movie. Every single one of them are evil. The actors portraying Turkish characters are not Turkish. The movie was produced by two fanatical Armenians who hate the country. And the fact that is not as famous as the movie is that in 1981, Oliver Stone and Billy Hayes himself gave a press conference in which they have said that they have exaggerated the story. So, the movie is good, but what you see is not particularly the truth.