The Sword and the Claw is a 1975 Turkish film and is the best kind of terrible. The story is simple. A king is overthrown by corrupt noblemen. The prince is born and raised by lions, eventually returning to unseat the usurper. There are plot twists that are so laughable that I can’t believe the…
Altin Cocuk (Golden Boy) (Onar Films) DVD Review
Before seeing Altin Cocuk my only exposure to the world of Turkish pop cinema was a VHS viewing of Turkish Star Wars(Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam) over a decade ago. I was a teenager at the time, and thought the whole thing was quite silly, but I enjoyed it. I never really thought too much about Turkish…