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Turkish cinema brings a fresh twist to the detective genre with 10 Days of a Curious Man, now streaming on Netflix. This engaging film stars Nejat İşler as the enigmatic Sadık, a character balancing a mysterious past with a newfound goal of becoming an author. Directed by Uluç Bayraktar and based on Mehmet Eroglu’s novel, the film blends humor, intrigue, and a uniquely Turkish setting that captivates audiences.

The Return of Sadık: An Unlikely Detective-Turned-Novelist

Sadık, brought to life by Nejat İşler, is a character fans of Turkish cinema may already know. Once caught up in vices like drugs and alcohol, Sadık has now chosen the more introspective path of writing a novel. Unfortunately, his first attempt lacks the suspense he envisioned, prompting him to take on a new “research” project—a real case that immerses him in the tangled web of real estate speculation in Istanbul. This decision...

The sequel to 10 Days of a Good Man, a Turkish Netflix original, is finally out and takes us through another story of the same ex-attorney turned private investigator. In the first film, we had the protagonist find a missing boy and turn down the request of his ex-wife to go to prison in her place. In 10 Days of a Bad Man, we get the story of a now-married Sadik who meets an old acquaintance and helps him locate a person. He is also hired to solve a murder. Will Sadik manage to solve both cases?

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Sir And Sadik/Adil’s Deal

10 Days of a Bad Man begins with an accident involving Sadik driving his car. As he slowly recovers, he is taken straight from the hospital to the den of Sir Sadik’s old acquaintance from two years ago. Sadik reminds him that his new name is Adil.

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Limited series “Who is Erin Carter?” and docuseries “Depp v. Heard” led Netflix’s top 10 most-watched series this week.

“Who is Erin Carter?,” which follows a thrilling tale of a British expat teacher living in Spain, scored the top spot on the weekly list with 13.2 million views, while “Depp v. Heard” came in the No. 2 slot with 8.3 million views. Opioid crisis-based series “Painkiller” moved from No. 2 on the list last week to third place with an additional 5.6 million views.

“Untold: Swamp Kings” and the second season of “The Ultimatum: Marry Or Move On” debuted in the fourth and fifth spots on the list with 5 million views and 3.6 million views, respectively. After debuting Part 2 of its second season in early August, “The Lincoln Lawyer” Season 2 remained on the list in the eighth spot with 1.9 million views.

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“Extraction 2” has climbed its way to the 10th spot on the Netflix’s most popular original films list.

The Chris Hemsworth-led action flick has logged 129.3 million views in the 66 days since its launch, coming just behind its first installment “Extraction,” which holds the No. 9 spot on the most popular list with 135.7 million views earned in its first 91 days on the streamer. As of this week, “Red Notice” and “Don’t Look Up” led the most popular films list in the top two spots.

In terms of this week’s most-watched TV, limited docuseries “Depp v. Heard” debuted atop the English TV list with 16.2 million views since its August 16 launch. Limited series “Painkiller,” which tackles the opioid crisis and the Sackler family’s role in the tragedy, came next in the No.

10 Days of a Good Man, the Turkish Netflix original film, was convoluted enough, even though the climax had a surprising twist. The sequel 10 Days of a Bad Man, released on August 18, 2023, on the platform, is a continuation of the first film. Directed once again by Uluç Bayraktar and written by Mehmet Eroglu and Damla Serim, both movies are adaptations of Mehmet Eroglu’s novels. The story is built in a way to create mystery and intrigue.

10 Days of a Bad Man begins with Sadik, who now refers to himself as Adil, recovering from a car accident. He is immediately brought in front of Sir, the gangster from the first film, by the mafioso’s henchmen, Zeynel and Huso. Even though Sir and Sadik’s deal was closed two years ago, Sadik now owes him a lot of money because of the car accident and the subsequent hospital bills paid by the gangster.

With its list of new releases for August 2023, Netflix is giving the anime world another shot.

No, we’re not talking about the streamer’s usual anime offerings – which are present this month in the form of Ragnarok season 3 (Aug. 24) and other titles – we’re talking about Netflix’s attempt to make live-action anime adaptations a thing. Following the relative failure of its Cowboy Bebop remake, Netflix is giving it another go, this time with arguably an even bigger anime classic. One Piece will premiere on Aug. 31. Telling the story of beloved straw hat wearing pirate Monkey D. Luffy, this adaptation will attempt to do original creator Eiichiro Oda and his many fans proud.

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