Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006)

Original title

Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak

Directed by

Serdar Akar

Genre

action film, war film

Country

Turkey

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

18

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Turkish commando team goes to Iraq to hunt down the U.S. commander they blame for the Hood event. The film is set during the Iraq occupation and includes references to real events like Abu Ghraib.

explosiverevenge-fuelednationalisticfast-pacedgrittyconfrontationalhard-hitting

What happens

Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak) is a 2006 Turkish action film directed by Serdar Akar and starring Necati Şaşmaz, Billy Zane and Ghassan Massoud. The story concerns a Turkish commando team which goes to Iraq to track down the US military commander responsible for the Hood event. The film is set during the occupation of Iraq and includes references to other real events such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on February 3, 2006 (2006-02-03), was the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2006 and is one of the most expensive Turkish films ever made. It is part of the Valley of the Wolves media franchise, based on the Turkish television series of the same name, and was followed by Valley of the Wolves: Gladio (2008) and Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (2010). Filmed with a budget of $14 million, this was the most expensive Turkish film ever made at the time of its release before being surpassed by A.R.O.G. The film grossed $27.9 million at the box office — $25.1 million in Turkey and $2.8 million in Europe. Opinions of the film greatly varied. While the Wall Street Journal characterized it as "a cross between American Psycho in uniform and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion", Turkey's parliamentary speaker Bülent Arınç described it as "absolutely magnificent". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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