Kolpaçino 3. Devre

Kolpaçino 3. Devre

Movie · 2016 · 16 people

Kolpaçino 3. Devre (Kolpaçino 3) is the third entry in the Kolpaçino film series and, at the time, its last. Şafak Sezer wrote and directed the comedy and also stars, picking up the characters of the previous film, Kolpaçino: Bomba, where it left off. It reached cinemas on March 11, 2016, and runs roughly an hour and a half.

The action is set five or six years after Bomba. Özgür has split from his wife Cemile after Sabri's betrayal and lives off the rent he gets from letting film crews use his villa. During an argument, the phone of one of the men working for a mob boss nicknamed "Başkan" gets mixed up with Özgür's. Waiting for his rent, Özgür finds an envelope holding twenty one-million-dollar bills and begins planning his escape, but Başkan has no intention of letting him and his friends keep it. Besides Şafak Sezer, the leads include Erkan Petekkaya, Aydemir Akbaş, Ebubekir Öztürk, Volkan Başaran, Serkan Şengül, Ali Çatalbaş and Burak Öncü, with Kubilay Penbeklioğlu also in the cast.

KRM Yapım produced and Roll Caption distributed the film. It drew wide support from celebrities on social media, though critics were largely negative, and one review judged it a weak example of box-office comedy in a lean period.

DirectorŞafak Sezer
Production companyKRM Yapım
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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

With Şafak Sezer writing, directing and starring, this third installment never gets beyond repeating the series' own formula. An envelope full of cash with a mob boss on its trail is an old but serviceable engine for comedy; the trouble is that the engine produces nothing new. Concentrating creative control in one pair of hands seems to have left no second eye to look at the characters from outside. Small wonder, then, that critics were largely negative. Fans of the series will enjoy time with familiar faces, but as cinema it has no ambition: it is simply a sequel that picks up where the last film left off.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

It is a crime comedy: a mob boss, found money and an escape plan. For adults and older teens who know the series, it is familiar fun. The subject is unlikely to appeal to young children, though. And anyone who has not seen the earlier films may struggle to know the characters. Worth weighing both points before a family viewing.

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Kolpaçino 3 can be read as a typical product of the 2010s Turkish box-office comedy economy: a well-known franchise, broad celebrity support on social media and, against that, largely negative reviews. One critic calling it a weak example of box-office comedy in a lean period invites us to see the film not on its own but alongside the market of its time. A hero who lives off renting his villa to film crews is, perhaps unintentionally, a small wink at the industry itself. Expecting deep social commentary would be a mistake; the film aims squarely at its own audience.

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