Vlad el Empalador

Fanciful complete inversion of history; depicting Ottoman invaders as noble and good, and Romanian defenders of their land as evil. The acting is as stilted as you'll ever see, too bad to even be comical. The pacing, action and plot flow is confusing and choppy, lacking any continuity. Not worth the time of even a free viewing.

Cannot be placed outside the Turkish community. Historically incorrect, politically dubious and zero entertainment.

Neo-ottoman propaganda movie where Turkish invaders are the good guys and Romanians who defend their own country are the bad guys. It looks good though and if you can forget about its complete historical inaccuracy it's an enjoyable movie.

Eventough it is really meaningless on one hand, on the other hand it was quite interesting. What makes this movie unique is about the Tengri belief. Turks believed in single god even before Islam. God was called the god of the skies and all universe as his creation. This movie is nothing even close to todays beliefs and can not be categorized as a propaganda because they are not usual muslims. They do magic, they pray as shamans, they combine Islam with Tengri which may be categorized as being close to Alevi belief in Turkey which todays ruling party hates. So, I think this is a fantasy movie which has no meaning other than showing some blood and some Tengri. And probably if the guys were named as Vikings, the movie may have been more meaningful :).

I guess one has to be Turkish to fully enjoy this movie 😏 The story had potential for a lot more but sadly it was a big disappointment.