The Man Who Saved the World

Turkse Star Wars klonk wel geinig, is het jammer genoeg niet

Turkse Star Wars klonk wel geinig, is het jammer genoeg niet

this was the most enjoyable experience I’ve had all of 2021.

this was the most enjoyable experience I’ve had all of 2021.

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Day 357 of 365 of my year long challenge

Week 51: B is for BAD
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Translating to The Man Who Saves the World, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam is possibly best and most lovingly known as Turkish Star Wars. The film goes one better though and rips off every major sci-fi property of the 20 years leading up to this in a ridiculous, cheap and laughable experiment with the space opera genre.

When Murat (Cüneyt Arkın) and Ali (Aytekin Akkaya) are stranded on a desert world after a battle in space, they soon find themselves at the mercy of an evil space wizard.

The Man Who Saves the World is not the easiest of movies to explain. Not because it's terribly complicated (it really isn't), it just seems so crammed with ridiculous elements that there's no way to get through it all. There are gladiator pits, skeleton villains, golden brains, power gloves and bouncy boots. It's actually like an old-timey video game filled with endless fetch quests for magic items.

The real sticking point about The Man Who Saved the World though really is its ripped off elements. The big one is obviously Star Wars, the first 20 minutes are pretty much entirely footage from the Rebel attack on the Death Star, but there are just so many. The wizard looks like something from Flash Gordon, some minions look ripped from Battlestar Galactica, other from Live and Let Die. There are "references" to Charlton Heston classic The Planet of the Apes and Ben-Hur. The theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark even makes an appearance. On their own, these are laughable and entertaining but taken all together, it becomes slightly jarring and almost too much.

Bad acting from all involved, creative cheap costumes and cheesy action would otherwise make this a loveably bad movie.There really is a case here for a strong cult following and enjoyed with that frame of mind, The Man Who Saves the World might be worth the effort. Having sat through all the repetition and all the narration (of which there is plenty), I'm happy to say it can be enjoyed from afar.

There's nothing else to mention here. Despite a reputation as the Turkish Star Wars, The Man Who Saved the World doesn't have much to do with it beyond lifting plenty of footage. There's not enough here to enjoy as a good bad movie but still too much to be curious about to stop you from watching. It's like a slow, disappointing car crash that can't be avoided.

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Day 357 of 365 of my year long challenge

Week 51: B is for BAD
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Translating to The Man Who Saves the World, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam is possibly best and most lovingly known as Turkish Star Wars. The film goes one better though and rips off every major sci-fi property of the 20 years leading up to this in a ridiculous, cheap and laughable experiment with the space opera genre.

When Murat (Cüneyt Arkın) and Ali (Aytekin Akkaya) are stranded on a desert world after a battle in space, they soon find themselves at the mercy of an evil space wizard.

The Man Who Saves the World is not the easiest of movies to explain. Not because it's terribly complicated (it really isn't), it just seems so crammed with ridiculous elements that there's no way to get through it all. There are gladiator pits, skeleton villains, golden brains, power gloves and bouncy boots. It's actually like an old-timey video game filled with endless fetch quests for magic items.

The real sticking point about The Man Who Saved the World though really is its ripped off elements. The big one is obviously Star Wars, the first 20 minutes are pretty much entirely footage from the Rebel attack on the Death Star, but there are just so many. The wizard looks like something from Flash Gordon, some minions look ripped from Battlestar Galactica, other from Live and Let Die. There are "references" to Charlton Heston classic The Planet of the Apes and Ben-Hur. The theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark even makes an appearance. On their own, these are laughable and entertaining but taken all together, it becomes slightly jarring and almost too much.

Bad acting from all involved, creative cheap costumes and cheesy action would otherwise make this a loveably bad movie.There really is a case here for a strong cult following and enjoyed with that frame of mind, The Man Who Saves the World might be worth the effort. Having sat through all the repetition and all the narration (of which there is plenty), I'm happy to say it can be enjoyed from afar.

There's nothing else to mention here. Despite a reputation as the Turkish Star Wars, The Man Who Saved the World doesn't have much to do with it beyond lifting plenty of footage. There's not enough here to enjoy as a good bad movie but still too much to be curious about to stop you from watching. It's like a slow, disappointing car crash that can't be avoided.