Escuadrón de lobos

If you watched the TV series you need to watch this movie to understand what happens and how it ends. Brilliant performances by an amazing cast. It's definitely worth watching, please watch the TV Show first is just 6 episodes so you get the full experience and understand the full story behind this event, you will get to know the characters and their stories.

I won't write much about it, because it may spoil your the movie. Fact is, that Alper Caglar as Turkish director and producer is unique. He knows, what the modern viewers want to see and he just implements it in his movies. The special effects, acting, camera movement, dialogues and the implementation of the latest coup attempt in Turkey is just terrific. Here I want to add that my thoughts and prayers are with the martyrs of that coup attempt and their families. Over 250 people gave their lives to stop terrorist Gulenists from taking over Turkey completely.

Being out on the Bosphorus bridge in July 15 and witnessing civilians killed or wounded in front of my eyes and having faced cold truth of death, I watched the film with tears. Yes dialogs could have been better or civilian dimension was weakly displayed or technicalities may prevented the joy but still it deserves to be seen for the sake of martyrs as it depicts a true story...

First of all, this series was not made for Americans to like it. The purpose of this drama is to tell the saga of July 15 to the public, so whether the action scenes are good or bad doesn't interest me. The series has fulfilled its original purpose.

I am an english teacher at a private school in Istanbul. You can say I'm a long term tourist in a beautiful country. I lived through the events of July 15th 2016. It was an extremely dangerous and polarizing night when against all odds the democratically elected government and the brave security forces won against the shadowy conspiracy of an Khomeini-like cleric and their faction within the military and the police.

This film is about that second group of people. It is a peek into that night when patriotic police and soldiers went through great ordeals to protect against a modern putsch that Turkey might not have survived at all.

The film itself is well acted, action packed and full of triple-A visuals which are an absolute delight considering cinema in Turkey is in its infancy when it comes to action. It is miles better than any in-house production Netflix ever came up with, while clearly being a fraction of the budget.

Even though almost everyone is familiar with the maverick Mr. Caglar who produced the film (I should know all my 12th grade English literature students are fanatics of his style), the two talented directors Emre and Ozduru who weave heart-pounding action and grim drama deserve props. The sublime musical composer Lincoln Jaeger is also world class here, as well as the cinematographer who lights a dark and foreboding urban Ankara where only the brave roam the streets of the putsch. Turks often have trouble relating their point of view to the western world. They have a tempestous love and hate relationship with the democracies of the Atlantic. But this film does and will appeal to the discerning international viewer who wants to enjoy a thrilling slice of the distressing night that Ataturk's republic almost fell.