Just perfect...

Fantastic!

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Horrible. The worst possible script. Deplorable acting. A political agenda straight out of the Religious Right. Oh, and worst of all, a mostly naked (shivver!) Harvey Keitel. (That last comment was a spoiler, but it will have saved your eyeballs in case you thought of watching it.) Keitel is supposedly an Italian who was raised in Afghanistan, which is where he converted to Islam. Yet, he speaks with a Chicago accent. F. Murray Abraham is an Islamic terrorist who we can't help feel is really a Jewish man playing his idea of a Muslim. The writer(s?) definitely had an political ax to grind. This is the sort of drivel that keeps us hating one another.Did I mention this was bad? Or that it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever? Bad.

This movie has incredible scenery, excellent acting, and a plot that relentlessly converges toward a horror which is right off the front pages of today's newspapers. The human cost of current events is vividly translated into the tension in a marriage which is the casualty of the zeitgeist of denial and naiveté which pervades the West, pitted against the inexorable dedication demonstrated by radical Islam.The cinematography is breathtaking, both in Europe and in Cappadocia, Turkey. The exotic surroundings of unique scenery including underground cities and fairy chimneys drives home the immense divide between the familiar West and the unfamiliar Islamic world. An absolutely breathtaking dance by the whirling dervishes, accompanied by an explanation of the meaning of the dance illustrates that this divide is far deeper than a geographic one. The reactions of the two westerners form the archetypes which drive the film. The husband is uncomfortable and suspicious, the wife both eager to embrace and credulous. Even the differences in perceived causality are delineated with skill -- was it a chance encounter from a broken fan belt or the will of Allah? The movie builds on this sharp divide, exploring its implications on both a personal level, and in the context of current and future events.You should not miss seeing this film. Obviously it was not made in Hollywood, because it fails the current absolute mandate of political correctness imposed by the dinosaur culture there. It fails to meet the requirement that any evil be tied to America, and actually criticizes a branch of a religion other than Christianity. Keitel was truly courageous to have stuck his neck out to star in this film. From the shock and awe it has caused some of the apologists for radical Islam who are in a lather and giving this movie ones and twos, Keitel will doubtless be blacklisted in the American film industry for years to come.That kind of courage demands that you see it and make up your own mind.

The story in the movie is kind of lame, and despite having two good actors, one of which who won best supporting actor for Amadeus, the movie is poorly acted to the point of having stilted dialog and a soap-opera feel to it. Scenes with dubbing are also terrible, why not just have those scenes either in the film's native Italian or just leave the Italian accented English voice track alone. This movie does kind of go overboard hinting that all Islam breeds terrorism when, in fact, the vast majority of terrorists are of the Wahabist sect (a misinterpretation of Islam based upon the Haditha). And who ever heard of not being able to photograph Muslims or Dervishes...that's ridiculous. Watch this movie if you absolutely must, but I had to stop it after 40 mins cause it was so bad. The transfer is grainy and blurry and some of the camera work is suspect.

One of awful film I've ever seen ! The plot miss for any logic, the scenes that insist so much on the protagonist's mutilation are disturbing because it is done only to move mercy and compassion to the spectator. The dialogs are so obvious to become disturbing. The theory behind the film is debatable and a bit racist. Moreover the scene where 2 terrorists chase the protagonist running with the hands is involuntarily funny. I was tempted to leave the cinema before it ends. I can save just Harvey Keithel (I don't understand how such a good actor is in this kind of film ! ) and some soundtrack. So just a warm suggestion: please keep away from this film !