The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali

I don't have to tell much; "This is just a great movie" Kenan Imirzalioglu was excellent. The guy acting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was also good. In my opinion Cansu Dere was not the best but she was perfectly fitting her character. Production was great too. As a Turkish lady living out of her own land -i live in Berlin,Germany- i am proud of seeing such a great Turkish movie like this one in Germany. Thanks to the director Mustafa Sevki Dogan, Kenan Imirzalioglu, the producers and all. I hope Son Osmanli, Yandim Ali will have a success at box office too. So that we can see the second Yandim Ali on screens. I recommend everybody to see this movie.

I liked the pictures of the film very much. If you like actions scenes, love scenes or "being a Turkish and proud" then there is something in for you.

The film plays at the end of the first world war when the Osman empire had collapsed. An important political an historical figure at this time was Kemal Atatürk (Kemal Pasha) who truly did much for Turkey as it is today. The main character Ali can be seen metaphorically representing the small (but patriotic) Turkish man. Ali meets Kemal Pasha once and saves him from a traitor.

However, the script and the content of the film is relatively shallow, comparable to that of a B-Western. The character of Yandim Ali is too golden to be really convincing and the role of his friend Jerar comes to nothing and could be dropped altogether.

The question whether the film is fair about Greeks or Armenians I would rather not discuss here.

The movie takes place in an interesting period. The period when Istanbul was under occupation. Therefore, it is a simple film that plays on nationalist feelings. The character could not be created. That's always the case with movies like this. Americans are good, Russians are bad :) But the period was not given justice. The studio shots and animations are funny. The acting is bad, especially Cansu Dere is terrible.

Yes, believe it. Istanbul was occupied by the winners of First World War (WW1) - super powers o that time- on Nov 1918. Even though Turks were the winners of the Gallipoli naval and land battles, They let the enemy ships come Istanbul based on the after-overall-war agreement. The ottoman empire went and Turks are left. The total population was 7-10 million Turks in Anatolia and Istanbul all together. After a serial of wars - the last one being WW1- the population was tired and old, military organization and weapons were demobilized and critical points were captured.

Just 88 years ago ...

This truly was an amazing film. Heart wrenching, funny, sad and a love story. Obviously the incredible performances-especially Kenan Imirzalioglu played an amazing part- Cansu Dere was brilliant too. Particularly on screen the relationship between them was so enchanting-I was left wanting more from them and their beautiful plays...

Yes, I totally agree with the above comment. An overall moving and inspirational and probably is one of the BEST Historical Turkish movie ever to have come out with added right timing for the right storyline advantage! Definitely worth seeing!!!