Cicero

The script is a Hollywood-style rewriting of the history, quite different from the real history (see: Saving Private Ryan). It is more "inspired" by the life of Ilyas Bazna. A love story was added for dramatic effect and Cicero was turned into a less greedy person.

In terms of viewing pleasure, if you can get through the first half hour, the movie starts to get interesting.

In terms of acting: Erdal Besikçioglu and Burcu Biricik's acting was good.

Other than that dubbing feels terrible. I couldn't understand why English and German people speaks Turkish anyway. It would be better if they prefer them to speak their original language with Turkish subtitles.

My overall score is 7/10. Not a masterpiece but not a bad movie either.

Another example of this producer has no problem with COMPLETELY altering the past. Just like he did with Ayla too. Besides; Erdal Besikcoglu is as good as always. I can't tell the same thing for the dubbings of the movie.

The dubbings made me feel like i'm watching something from seventies.

Still alright though.

The movie is at least 8/10. I have no idea why is it so underrated. I wouldn't really say anything bad about the movie. The costumes and scenes are very beautiful. Actors and actresses were really brilliant. Hopefully, this will get the attention it deserves and we'll have more movies like this one because our history is full of interesting stories to tell.

It is a very compelling story of a historical person who played an important role in Ankara during second war. The casting of Erdal Besikcioglu and Burcu Biricik deserves 8/10 rating. Co-acting cast is definitely at 5/10 rating. The movie sounds as if it had a bug during the sound mixage. There is an echo during dialogues and we even asked Movie Theater if the problem is with their sound system. They rechecked and confirmed that it is the original playback. Also some shooting places are not so realistic and it feels like it is shot in a studio environment.

A very brilliant story has been wasted by the director. The story of spy Elyasa Banza is an excellent opportunity to create a realmaster. However, in Çiçero, acting performance are under-level, the scenario has lots of faults and thus, fails to create needed tension, everyone speaks Turkish but foreigner characaters very randomly starts to speaks their mother language by inadequate pronunciation etc... Therefore, Çiçero not only wasted a beneficial material but also failed to manage the level of an overall popular movie.