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Pretty Good

hyped garbage

A Major Disappointment

It does not reflect the truth. Anti Turkish propaganda.

I have watch this movie in 1995 in Turkish TV. It was banned here i can see why. There is no good Turkish person in the movie. Not even single one. In WW2 movies you see German soldier gives a cigarettes to a prisoner or Jews or a Nazi officer do something nice for Jews. I mean i can understand that this is a prison movie and there is no good prison anywhere in the world. I am Turkish and this movie makes me think this movie was specially made to insult whole nation and influence the viewer and give them terrible opinion about Turkey which was not good in the first place. I rated 2 because i think the soundtrack is great.The rest awful.

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Midnight Express is a film that was surrounded by a huge buzz for decades and to be honest after watching it i can't understand the big deal about it or how it was exactly shocking there's like 2 scenes where some inmates and Billy himself get beat up and a scene where Billy cut the ear of this snitch the rest of the film is people talking and talking all the time. The first 2 acts of this film were really boring and i didn't find anything interesting about it some actors got totally wasted it here John Hurt and Randy Quaid were good but their characters were easily forgettable the best performance in the film is Paul L. Smith as Hamidou he was ruthless and menacing as for Billy himself Brad Davis was alright in some scenes like in the court or when he basically turned insane the 3rd act was easily the strongest part of the film although i don't get it why he basically loved both his girlfriend and also cheated her with a guy. Anyways moving on this film barely had anything shocking i've seen shocking and that is called The Green Mile or Lock Up those films had something shocking in them but this one? It was barely memorable except some good but forgettable performances, the ruthless way that the Turkish are being portrayed and some good moments the movie is easily a disappointment and probably one of the most overrated films of all time and i will give it an 4/10

Great prison drama.Loosely based on a true story (many details are changed), the movie revolves around a man, Billy Hayes, who is imprisoned in Istanbul for drug possession/smuggling. Director Alan Parker and writer Oliver Stone slowly ratchet up the tension, scene by scene. Initially Hayes' predicament does not seem so bad - the Turkish police are depicted as harmless, almost buffoons - but as the movie goes on it becomes more and more claustrophobic as Hayes' position becomes more and more dire. You wonder if he gets out at all...Oliver Stone got the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1979 for his screenplay - his first Oscar.Good performances from Brad Davis and John Hurt. Hurt got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. However, Randy Quaid is a bit over-the-top and irritating in his performance.