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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 :).

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.

I wish I can give 0 to this movie.Totaly dissapointing after amazing trailer.Full of lies and mistakes.

Besides the fact it is fictional and has nothing to do with history, other than perhaps some of the names, it is also absurd and lacks any logic to it. It's like looking to a movie about pigs that have some beautiful butterfly wing and that fly around from flower to flower. This is the amount of logic used in this movie.

It is far better for Turkish cinema , this is obvious , so i recommend this film. But if your goal is global , you need to improve yourself. Before watching the film , i was hoping more action/war . Not only action but also the story about "Deliler" troop is weak. It could be better with this huge supply.

I struggle to find the words to describe just how bad this movie is. This is below b-movie grade. You would probably have to be a stoned Turkish Nationalist to appreciate this movie's absurd premise and to view the Turkish invaders of Wallachia as the "good guys". There is a lot of great Turkish cinema out there, but this is not part of it.

A great movie about "Deli" the Ottoman cavalry unit. They were brought by the Ottoman Army to fight against the enemy. They were formed in mid 15th century and existed until 1829. Deli means crazy in Turkish which was given to this warriors representing their courage and brave. The movie does great job connecting the history, religion and culture of that time. Its a high quality movie. I recommend everyone to watch it.

If you're looking for a vampire flick, you're in the wrong spot. This is more of a historical account of the "special forces" the Sultan sent to take out Vlad the Impaler. I use the term historical loosely. Did this group of warriors exist, yes, but the historical accuracy of how everything happened, good vs. Bad, is a little off-kilter and heavily biased towards this being from the Turkish point of view. I really enjoyed that it was from the point of the old beliefs as well, not what modern cultures believe.

Don't get me wrong though, it was definitely entertaining, the cinematography was very nicely done, the soundtrack was fantastic, the costuming fantastic, and the mostly short battle scenes were well done. Now, if they could just do something about the voice-over actors. You can see the fantastic acting, but the voice-over does it no justice. If you can find this with English subtitles, then watch it in Turkish... SO much better.

I regret to say that this movie is so superficially made and lacking historical accuracy that I could hardly stand to watch it till the end as a Turk. You can clearly see the abuse of viewers' interest in historical movies. The subject matter and the title arouse interest but content is terrible. A good way to waste your 2 hours.

While looking for Dracula movies (free, because I am a cheap person), I came across this movie. It certainly wasn't what I expected. It is interesting to see a modern movie depicting Vlad Tepes as a bad guy.

I am not up on on the history of between Vlad and the Ottoman Empire, so I can not say how accurate it is, but it does make for an interesting story. If not a bit hard to follow. The cinematography and direction are very good. What really sucks is the the english dubbing. The dialog seems off and the voice actors did a really bad job.

If you are looking for vampires, stay away If you want something on the level of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with bad dialog, spend some time with this one.

Like "Valley of Wolves" just another turkish trash propaganda film best avoided. What this boils down to is

• invading genocidal turks good, defending Romanians bad
• islam good, Christianity evil

What remains is an ottoman FANTASY film that has nothing to do with history or reality.

Now take that skewed perspective and substitute the African slaves with the defendind Romanians and the Americans with the Ottoman Empire. How exactly is this movie accurate and where is the reality and truth of history I don't know. What is more surprising is that in the age of technology and social media someone thought that a movie like this is suppose to bring sympathy towards Turkey.

Talk about sore losers, sore losers till the end, even 500 years later. At least those that put this movie and this version of history on a pedestal.

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

That's it. Story makes zero sense. Zero history. Description says "true" story. Quick Google search determined that was a lie. I want the two hours of my life back.

As a devotee to the horror genre, I could not pass on this movie. The Hunt For Vlad The Impaler or Defiler is a Turkish language period action film about 7 warriors who are set out to kill Vlad The Impaler. As a film, this was pretty well made, nicely shot with great period costumes. The battle scenes were done well enough, but needed more gore for maximum impact. There is a nod to The Magnificent Seven or The Seven Samurai as it borrows that a bit for its story structure. The film does drag on a bit at times, but for the most part this is pretty decent for the genre. If you want to take the film seriously I would advise against watching this with the English overdubbing as the job on that was horrible and watch this in its native Turkish language with subtitles instead for maximum authenticity.

One of the worst films I have ever seen! It is completely fictional and has nothing to do with historical facts. It presents the Ottoman invasions in Vallachia as some sort of heroic and helpful enterprises. As if they came to save the local people, which, by the way, in reality were not Turkish and Gypsy, as presented in the film, but Romanians and Christians.

The film director has not even made a basic research about the difference between the Christian Orthodox faith (present in Valachia) and the Catholic church. The film also presents blasphemious and negative views about the Christian faith and about Jesus Christ in a very subversive way (as if these were the views of Vlad the Impaller, which, again, is not true ). But, what can be expected from a film which clearly has no intention to present the truth?

Using the name of a famous historical figure such as Vlad the Impaller could be a good way to gain the attention of the public, but presenting an image which has very little to do with the reality of his life is not ethical. Maybe this was the purpose after all.

Not like "Dracula" movie! Nice telling about the true history of Vlad Tepes

Good show for what it is. Too many bad reviews because of accuracy. These people are pompous.

Fantasy portrayal of history without logic in Bollywood style without essence and with poor acting.

After bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire by conquering Constantinopole in 1453 the Ottoman Empire in Mehmed The Conqueror (El Fatih) time controlled an area of over 1 million sqare killometers with huge millitary assets. In the movie the Empire is portraited as the ... underdog "bullied" by the small vassal state of Wallachia. It's insulting in terms of both logic and historical facts. In documented history records the Ottomans were controlling vassal rullers by keeping young foreign princes at the Ottoman court, as a measure of inssurance. This was also the case for Vlad, the ruller of Wallachia who had his share of revenge after spending his childehood as a prisoner in sultn Murad II court ( Murad was Mehmed father).

Much better than dracula. That is a fact. Fight scene very good I am not expecting that .Well done Turkey keep coming film like that.My rating 10/10 .

Right ho off we go. Deliler, for a foreign country film i really enjoyed it. The dubbed English was okay, so that helped the movie along. The actors played their parts very well and also quite entertained me with the action. The battle scenes were handled with dexterity and looked very realistic. Spent £7 on the dvd so money well spent. So I say a good couple of hours was well spent. Jacey says peace out.

Over 2 hours of big fat and boring historical lies. Imagine "300" reversed with the Persian invaders portrayed as the heroes and the Spartans as the ugly villains. Dracula (played by a Turkish actor of course), looks like a bad parody of the Joker from Batman, grimacing and grinning all the time in an extremely irritating way. Interesting to note though, that someone in Turkey feels the need to sully Vlad's figure even after centuries.