The Executioner

Directed by Memduh Ün

With Serdar Gökhan, Mahmut Hekimoğlu, Emel Özden, Melek Ayberk and Reha Yurdakul

Cellat, the Turkish version of Death Wish, sticks fairly close plot wise to the template of the American film, with some scenes and bits of dialogue being almost identical. However, it also deviates from its inspiration at times and is at its most interesting and valuable in these little moments, providing lurid snapshots of a place and a culture.