The Bandit (1996)

Crime, Drama, Thriller /
8.1/10

The Bandit Storyline

After serving a 35-year jail sentence, Baran, a bandit, is released from prison in a city in Eastern Turkey. The first thing he does is to return to the village he left. But the village has been long submerged under an artificial reservoir. Baran’s undoing was Berfo, a friend who had once been closer to him than a brother. In order to snare Keje, Baran’s sweetheart, Berfo seized his best friend gold and have Baran arrested by the gendarme on Mountain Cudi. Then Berfo purchases Keje from her father against her will, and disappears. According to rumor, he is in Istanbul. While traveling to Istanbul by train, Baran meets Cumali, a young man. Cumali was raised in the alleys of Beyoglu, his life revolving around bars, gambling joints, alcohol, dope and woman. Cumali dreams of joining the mafia and making it big. He takes Baran to a dilapidated hotel in the backstreet’s of Beyoglu. After a while, Cumali and friends discover that Baran used to be a bandit, but they can’t take it seriously. For them, it is just a laugh. Cumali’s dreams of a new life include Emel, his girlfriend. Emel has a convict brother, who is in trouble with the other prisoners in his jail. His life is in danger, and he needs high amount of money to get out. Cumali promises Emel to get the Money for her brother as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the bandit is going through Istanbul in a daze, lost in totally alien world, with no idea where to start looking for the woman he loves and the mortal enemy who was stolen her…

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The Bandit Movie Reviews

The Bandit

After 35 years in prison, a mountain bandit goes to Istanbul to find the man who betrayed him and stole his lady. Nothing much new here, dredging up a lot of the usual gangster/revenge/fish out of water motifs, but it does a decent job of pulling you in and manages a certain freshness despite the familiarity of the material. Some of the larger dramatic scenes are painfully clichéd, but it’s pieced together nicely and has some pretty good character moments. I get the feeling Turgul is a more talented director than a writer. Sener Sem (who I just realized was also in that lousy “Rascals” movie I recently watched) is a likable fellow, and his rapport with Ugur Yucel works well. Overall it’s a somewhat mediocre film, but quite watchable with flashes of potential.

Absolutely Shish!!!

After thirty five years of porridge a Turkish felon is freed with the aim of forfeiting you two hours of your precious existence, while in the meantime, you discover what must be a typo at IMDb that places this in its top 250 of all time – whereas it would be more at home in the slightly lower echelons – cultural differences perhaps.

Turkish delight

Baran the Bandit is released from prison after 35 years. He and his gang ranged the Cudi mountain in eastern Turkey. He returns to find his village under water after the construction of a dam. His world has been scattered to the winds. He is told that his former mate Berfo had masterminded his downfall to steal the love of his life, Keje. Berfo has since ruthlessly become a powerful criminal business leader. Baran befriends young low-level gangster Cumali who is enamored with his old style criminal stories.

This is a Turkish film. It’s part buddy crime movie and part poignant love story. The only drawback is Şener Şen in the sense that I want him to be more compelling. He’s like a grandfather in his pajamas and a coat. There is value in looking ordinary but I really want him to be in bad-ass style. It’s nitpicking a minor point. The story is great and the characters are terrific. It’s great.

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