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Kanun Kanundur

The Law Is the Law (Kanun Kanundur) (translated)

Movie · 1984 · 3 people

Crime and adventure meet in Kanun Kanundur ("The Law Is the Law"), a Turkish film from 1984. Shot in color on 35 mm, it runs about 90 minutes. Cüneyt Arkın and Ahmet Mekin share the lead roles, and Aykut Düz directed.

The premise is this: a police officer close to retirement is called back to duty to catch a ruthless gang of bandits. Smuggling and the police are the film's key elements. Cüneyt Arkın plays a character named Cüneyt, and Ahmet Mekin plays the deputy police chief. Özlem Onursal plays Deniz, and the cast also includes Hüseyin Peyda, Metin Tabak, Nurgül Candan, Gönül Ser, Ali Güney (Cabbar), Süheyl Eğriboz (Fedai) and Mehmet Ali Güngör (Müslüm), as well as İbrahim Kurt, Arap Celal, Akif Kilman, Müfit İlkiz and Osman Betin. The director Aykut Düz also appears in the cast.

Erol Şenbecerir wrote the screenplay and also produced the film for Sun Film. Salih Dikişçi was the cinematographer, Ömer Aksu handled negative editing, and Erkan Aktaş did the sound recording and final mix. The film is dubbed: Aykut Sözeri voices Cüneyt Arkın, Zekai Müftüoğlu voices Ahmet Mekin, Erdal Özyağcılar voices Hüseyin Peyda and Celile Toyon voices Özlem Onursal.

DirectorAykut Düz
Production companySun Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Cüneyt Ahmet Mekin Ahmet Mekin Actor · 94 years old Komiser Yardımcısı Hüseyin Peyda Actor · died at 71

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Watching Cüneyt Arkın in a story about a policeman close to retirement who is called back to duty brings a familiar warmth to anyone fond of eighties crime films. His pairing with Ahmet Mekin carries the era's idea of the honest hero, a world where the law and conscience stand on the same side. Dubbing was nothing new to Yeşilçam audiences, yet to today's ear it leaves a small gap between face and voice. Even so, as a keepsake from the last days of Yeşilçam, it has a place in the heart.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A cop nearing retirement, a ruthless gang of bandits, smuggling: on paper it's classic Cüneyt Arkın adventure. At roughly 90 minutes it has pace on its side, with little risk of dragging. But the formula is very familiar and the story doesn't promise big surprises. If you want a quick, old-school eighties cop film, it does the job; if you're after real tension, keep your expectations low.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Kanun Kanundur is a typical product of eighties Turkish crime cinema: a tidy, roughly 90-minute Sun Film picture, written and produced by Erol Şenbecerir. The veteran cop recalled for one last job is among the genre's most worn starting points, and the film seems content to deliver that template rather than rethink it. Salih Dikişçi's photography and Arkın's screen presence hold the structure up, but the post-dubbing leaves a noticeable gap between performance and voice. The crowded supporting cast also leaves little room for characters to deepen. For anyone interested in genre history it has documentary value; as a piece of direction, its ambitions are modest.

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