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Istanbul is being terrorized by a crime wave, and the police call in American superhero Captain America and Mexican wrestler Santo to put a stop to it.
Release : | 1973 |
Rating : | 4 |
Studio : | Yerli Film, |
Crew : | Director of Photography, Assistant Director, |
Cast : | Aytekin Akkaya Tevfik Şen İsmail Yavuz Selekman Deniz Erkanat Mine Sun |
Genre : | Action |
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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Typically hilarious Turkish outing, as so-bad-it's-good as you could ever want, full of incredible scenes of action and surprises at every turn. Ignore the language barrier and instead focus on the nonstop entertainment this film has to offer, with bad actors beating each other senseless at every opportunity in poorly-choreographed fight sequences, displaying a lack of talent all round. Knowing that quality isn't always important in Turkish movies is a help, and instead watch for the sheer quantity of wackiness this film has to offer.Offering not one, not two but three classic superheroes, this is an unmissable combination. First of all you have Captain America, who doubles as an everyday guy with a fine line in bad '70s fashions, as played by Aytekin Akkaya (THE MAN WHO SAVES THE WORLD) in true old-fashioned heroic style with plenty of derring-do. Then there's the muscular but masked Santo, that fantastic Mexican wrestler-hero who appears to beat up a fair few bad guys before mysteriously disappearing towards the end of the movie. And what of Spider-Man? Well, forget the crusader of good - here, here's a pervert, a peeping tom who likes nothing better than to brutally murder innocent women in the shower.Yes, this film surprisingly mixes in comic-book style action with pretty graphic scenes of violence and murder, scenes which include a double-impaling a la BAY OF BLOOD; a strangulation with a shower cord a boat propeller being driven into a girl's face and blood splattering another woman's legs; a guy getting his head crushed in a press; another decapitated by a speeding boxcar (seeing as there is a huge space below him, he forgot to duck, obviously), and in the film's flawless highlight, a guy gets his eyes chewed out... by a pair of ravenous GUINEA PIGS! The plot is typical heroes vs. villains stuff, so easy to follow that a kid could understand. Padding includes lots of women undressing and showering in scenes that definitely push the no-nudity ruling, a striptease in a nightclub and people driving around in cars for no reason. However, the action sequences are extended and a lot of fun to watch, like the moment when Santo takes on a bunch of karate warriors in the local gym and teaches them wrestling Mexican-style. Or check out the "titanic ding dong" when Captain America and Santo team up to go one on one with Spider-Man. The ending is a real show-stopper as well, revealing that there is not just one evil Spider-Man but dozens, each with their own maniacal laughter, and each dying a death more bizarre than the last.Keep your eyes peeled for an interlude involving laughing puppet heads which may just be an insight into the deranged sickening mind of the perverted Spider-Man. Bad costumes, bad lighting, bad sets, bad acting, bad action, bad plot. On their own, each of these would be serious flaws in a movie. Combined, they offer eighty minutes worth of unintentional hilarity and an incredible viewing experience. You've just gotta love those Turks...
I love this movie. It is one of my all-time favorite films. Now, it is finally being released on DVD with English subtitles by Onar Films. Google Onar Films to order your copy in early April 2006.3 Dev Adam is, of course, also known as "Captain America and Santo Vs. Spider-Man" here in the United States. When I first read the review for 3 Dev Adam I thought at first that there had to be some sort of mistake. It was like a dream come true for me. Captain America AND Santo?! AND Spider-Man?!When I was a kid Captain America was my favorite comic book super hero and Santo was my favorite real life super hero/Mexican wrestler. Now, to finally have a chance to own a good copy on DVD with English subtitles and a bunch of extras... man, I can't wait.
So here's an odd movie. Spider Man is a bad guy. And his mask is radically different. And he has these massive eyebrows--or maybe they were antenna? Anyhow, this has nothing to do with everybody's favorite webslinger. Technically, he is called Spider Man and kinda dresses like him, but instead uses the awesome powers of a switchblade to kill people and steal statues. Oh, and I think he can clone himself whenever he dies. Maybe. Didn't make much sense at the time.Come to combat this villain are the awesome duo of Captain America and El Santo. For those of you not up on your lucha libre, El Santo is the most famous Mexican wrestler of all time, having starred in approximately 100 movies in his forty-year career. The silver-masked man revealed his identity only a month before he died and was laid to rest in his cloak and cowl. Anyhow, they're fighting Spider Man. At least Captain America (not an American by any means) is, since El Santo isn't in this too much. After a few rumbles, good is triumphant.Worth a see? Definitely, if you like your cheese thick and incomprehensible (as detailed previously, there are no English dubbed or subtitled prints). It's no classic, but it is fun if you've got a wad of meat in each shoe (I never did understand that saying). Don't look too hard, but if you're in the back of a small, locally owned video store and this falls off a shelf onto your head, rent it.
Priceless statues are being stolen all over Istanbuhl(?). Looks like the work of that infamous, murdering Spiderman. The police call in special outside help in Captain America from the United States and the legendary Mexican wrestler Santo.It's anyone's guess why Spidey's turned to a life of crime, what the significance of all the stolen art is, or if those are his bangs or his eyebrows sticking out of the holes in his mask. He's also traded-in his web-shooters for a slick little switch-blade,and can quickly clone himself if he's killed (that part gets real tiresome after a while). Captain America is missing his trusty shield and Santo's wrestling skills resemble Flintstone judo.In fact, nothing seems to make sense at all in this live-action cartoon that makes Tim Burton's 'Batman' look as tame as the 60's TV series. Dozens of people are killed needlessly, sudden jump-cuts take you to sleazy strip clubs, and there's a love scene that's interrupted by the Mr. Rogers' puppets. Even worse, it's all in Turkish. No version in English or English subtitles is available. I'm not painting a pretty pictures here, I know. But I can say it is, without a doubt , one of the BIGGEST film oddities the world over.