Ölümsüz (The Immortal) is another deliriously trashy and fast-paced collaboration between Çetin Inanç and Cüneyt Arkin. It's not the best of their work together but certainly has its moments.
Arkin plays Ali Kaya, who has spent the past 15 years behind bars and returns to Istanbul to look for his wife and children. An older hooker whom Ali befriends suggests he looks around the drug dens and brothels throughout the city in case his son and daughter have fallen on hard times. Sure enough his daughter, now 19 yrs old has become a prostitute with a heroin habit and his son a pusher. Ali naturally flips and, with the help of his police officer friend (Ahmet Mekin) goes after the pimps and drug dealers who ruined his kids' lives. The usual Cüneyt Arkin beat downs ensue (including a nice eye gouging), with music jacked from Suspiria and Return of Ringo, plus a half decent (original??) theme tune.
Worth noting the VHS on Kalkavan label runs a good 15 mins longer than the current versions on Youtube (as of Dec 2023).
Arkin plays Ali Kaya, who has spent the past 15 years behind bars and returns to Istanbul to look for his wife and children. An older hooker whom Ali befriends suggests he looks around the drug dens and brothels throughout the city in case his son and daughter have fallen on hard times. Sure enough his daughter, now 19 yrs old has become a prostitute with a heroin habit and his son a pusher. Ali naturally flips and, with the help of his police officer friend (Ahmet Mekin) goes after the pimps and drug dealers who ruined his kids' lives. The usual Cüneyt Arkin beat downs ensue (including a nice eye gouging), with music jacked from Suspiria and Return of Ringo, plus a half decent (original??) theme tune.
Worth noting the VHS on Kalkavan label runs a good 15 mins longer than the current versions on Youtube (as of Dec 2023).
