Although far from being a subject matter expert, I understand that Turkish exploitation cinema from the early 80s was all about taking a random successful cinematic blockbuster, filming their own national version of it and then unleashing it with the original title but with "Turkish" in front of it. "Turkish Mad Max" is different, however, and it makes a lot more sense to use the alternative title "One Step to Death". In the other examples that I've seen, the original film formats were logically copied and shamelessly ripped off (like "Turkish Superman" or "Turkish Rambo"), but "Turkish Mad Max" has absolutely nothing in common with George Miller's Sci-Fi landmark from 1979. The setting isn't apocalyptic, the lead hero isn't a lone avenger and there aren't any deranged psychopaths on motorbikes running around. Okay, admittedly the Turkish action here wears a leather jacket similar to that of Max Rockatansky, but apart from this tiny detail, the film might just as well have been named "Turkish Dirty Harry," "Turkish Death Wish" or even "Turkish Cinderella". Furthermore, this is the type of "bad film" that is hysterical and entertaining for about 15-20 minutes, and then it mainly becomes dull and insufferably inept. The stupidity of the dialogues and tackiness of the action sequences provide chuckles at first, but soon you'll be looking for the fast-forward button. Someone also really ought to tell the scriptwriters in Turkey that running jokes (like the "head or tails" or the "you're a terrible friend, Kaan") don't necessarily have to be repeated sixty-seven times!
