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Road of Death (Ölüm Yolu)

Road of Death (Ölüm Yolu) (translated)

Movie · 1986 · 14 people

Halit Refiğ directed Ölüm Yolu (Road of Death) in 1985, a Turkish crime-adventure film released in 1986. Fuat Özlüer and Erdoğan Tünaş wrote the screenplay and Türker İnanoğlu produced it for Erler Film. Shot in color on 35 mm, it runs about 93 minutes, with cinematography by Çetin Gürtop. Alongside its thriller and action elements, the film carries an emotional thread about an unexpected bond between a fugitive and his hostage.

The story begins when a group of convicts being transferred to prison crash on the road and escape. They are led by Mehmet (Kadir İnanır) and include Haydar (Tanju Gürsu), Ali, Nuri, Mahmut, Arap and Sabri. They seize Zeynep (Hülya Avşar), who happens to be passing, and hide in a mountain house while demanding ransom from her family. Nuri and Sabri keep harassing the young woman, while Mehmet protects her, and she trusts only him. Inspector Kenan (Sümer Tilmaç) overhears a phone call, learns where the ransom is to be handed over and stays on their trail. Through police raids, changes of hideout and betrayals, the flight draws Mehmet and Zeynep closer together.

Erol Tezeren, Coşkun Göğen, İhsan Yüce, Necip Tekçe and Dinçer Çekmez also appear in the cast.

DirectorHalit Refiğ
Production companyErler Film

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Hülya Avşar Hülya Avşar Actor · 63 years old Zeynep Serdar Kadir İnanır Kadir İnanır Film actor · died at 77 Mehmet Gemici İhsan Yüce Actor · died at 61 Mahmut Yamalı Sümer Tilmaç Sümer Tilmaç Actor · died at 66 Police inspector Kenan Erol Tezeren Ali Yanık Tanju Gürsu Tanju Gürsu Film director · died at 77 Haydar Maraşlı Necip Tekçe Arap Muharrem Coşkun Göğen Coşkun Göğen Actor · 80 years old Nuri Çakal Dinçer Çekmez Sabri Çekilmez Ümit Belen Tarık Dorkan Bülent Ufuk Ekrem Serdar Hüseyin Güler Police officer Hüseyin Baradan Hotelier Şevki Ayşe Tunaboylu

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

Though this Halit Refiğ film follows the crime-adventure mold of the eighties, at heart it keeps a feeling old Yeşilçam loved: the protective goodness inside a hard-looking man. The fugitive Mehmet shielding his hostage Zeynep from the rest of the gang gives the story a moral center. As in many films of the period, though, the emotional bond is built a little hastily and can be overshadowed by the violence. For anyone seeking the warm, unhurried storytelling of the classics it is too loud; for those who want to see how cinema was changing at the time, it is an interesting example.

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

A crash, a breakout, a hostage, a ransom, a stubborn inspector on their tail: the set-up is ideal for tension. Police raids, constantly changing hideouts and betrayals within the gang keep the story moving, and a closed space like the mountain house tightens the pressure. By today's standards some of the fights may look dated, but the pace mostly holds. The romance, though, may be where genre fans feel things slow down.

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

This film is not suitable for family viewing. It involves some of the gang members repeatedly harassing a young woman, hostage-taking and violence. There is also this: a bond grows between the kidnapped woman and one of her captors. That may not send the right message to teenagers. It is a crime film for adults; best watched after the children are in bed.

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