Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Sadly Over-hyped

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I have found a new genre of movies. And some fantastic film making skills in Turkish cinema. Spectacular story telling with seamless infusion of relevant messages and entertainment. I borrowed the DVD from a friend, but now I am buying the DVD.Its a heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, almost epic, thriller with more than a good measure of fantastic action sequences. Having visited Turkey and with my great respect to the Turkish culture, I am glad the director maintained a thoroughly authentic style of telling the story from a Turkish point-of-view, yet not compromise on it's view-ability for an international audience.A great weekend movie or a movie for any occasion where you just need something different to Hollywood movies.Respect to Turkish Cinema!

Personally I found this a good watch. Through it's message, one that's not often presented as elegantly, well worth the time; even though this movie might have flaws some won't be able to overlook.I have to say the 'american acting' was quite bad, which made the story the first part of the film fuels on kinda fall through. For example: Robert Patrick's character was definitely not fleshed out enough to be made believable, presented overly prejudiced to be portrayed rather fickle in the end. On the other hand, the message about belief is clear but subtly presented and quite beautifully done. As the story progresses the ending turns out quite fulfilling. If you can look past the acting/lines on occasion this is well worth the watch. Recommended.

Despite a few clichés, the movie is not, first of all, a predictable one. It starts like any other Hollywood picture, with secret agents and the most fresh subject: Muslim and terrorism. But further more we find that it is about religion, about the fact that there is only one God. We find that the fundamentalist's of Islam are not tolerated by the Islam itself. We can see a dialog between a fundamentalist priest and a true one, despite the fact that they are dressed in ... white and black, suppose a lack of inspiration. We find that the destiny is inevitably. We find that there is love and forgiveness in both - in all of religions.

I am at awe to see couple of bad reviews on here. The only thing I can think of it is that the bad reviews come from the followers of the biggest cancer in Turkey who is Fettullah or maybe some other ethnic rebellious thinkers. Bottom line is that this movie gives a great depiction of everything. The power of using Islam for good, and that people in the end are victims of being uneducated. Movie was fantastic in every way. The actors, the filming - everything. It is a must see. Haluk Bilginer gave an amazing performance. Mahsun Kirmizigul despite me having previous negative thoughts against him and quite frankly not thinking too highly of him was a pleasant surprise. Mustafa Sandal despite being a terrible singer turned out to be a decent actor. Danny Glover and Gina of course were at 5 star performances again.