Grudge (I) (2021) User Reviews

Who and why?

[kosmasp · 7/10 · 16 October 2021]

A genre movie from Turkey - and I would like to believe quite a good one at that. It does not reinvent the wheel, but it does what it says on the cover. Enough suspense from start to finish, more than enough twists and turns. You may be able to predict certain things, but overall I think it can be a "fun" ride, if you let it.

Of course it doesn't hurt if you are a fan of the thriller and crime genre. The acting is good and the main actor is quite well known - he also worked on the script apparently. That being said, he does not glorify his own character .. there are a lot of grey areas the movie explores. Life and death - morals and consequences of your actions. Of course certain things may not be tied up nicely to your satisfaction ... but a movie does not need to do that.

BKM Productions

[yusufpiskin · 7/10 · 8 October 2021]

2021 Netflix movie. It's actually a Re-make production.

And the movie was made better than the original version.

People are already ready for negative thinking and have voted and commented without watching the movie.

As for the subject; Although Yilmaz Erdogan is 53 years old, he played as if he was 35 years old. Especially not in close-up fight scenes.

Cem Yigit Uzumoglu is truly an amazing young talent. He has fulfilled the role given to him well.

There is nothing to be said for Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan. He is an amazing theater and film actor.

It's the director's second feature film and it didn't shoot inexperienced.

Cinematographer Serkan Guler showed great skill in dark scenes.

The movie was released in 4k. Sound engineering is very good. Although there is no 5.1 dolby, the sounds are not lost.

In fact, the thing that bothers me the most is that the movie is not Dolby Atmos, but 2 channel stereo.

Long story short, it's a production where you can grab your corn and beer and watch.

Scenario Could Be Better

[edizozturk · 7/10 · 10 October 2021]

Besides Yilmaz Erdogan's acting, the movie was moderate. Not so bad, not so good. You can enjoy the movie by accepting that this is a re-make of a previous story.

Can't Stand Watching

[Mainecoon999 · 1/10 · 8 October 2021]

Bad directing, bad screenplay, bad editing. The premise sounds promising but stakes are too simple and everything is boringly predictible. Characters are one dimensional. Soundtrack is disturbingly 90s. I am sorry but this is how a crime drama should not be. Watch "Hunting Season" for a much much better Turkish Crime Drama.

It's so bad i made an account here

[marianneleee · 11 October 2021]

I watched it until the end because i hoped some things will get cleared then.

Hollywood could make a decent movie with it because some of the necessary pieces are there.

But it really made no sense at all or maybe it's cultural difference.

Don't watch it!

Happy Medium..!

[tomyargo · 7/10 · 13 March 2023]

Some gave 1, say the worst movie ever, Some gave10 it is a masterpiece. It is not a masterpiece, yet it is not bad. It is a film noir with nice surprises.

Acting and directing are not the best performance. However, it is good enough to keep you interested. Tempo time to time slow down, quickly pick up back.

Characters little distant to audience. They may make a better connection with viewer. Editing took a big critic from me. There are gaps in story line.

Morally the movie sitting on the fence. However sending wery good message to viewer. There is no clear line between good and bad. It is easy to judge, but it is not easy be neutral. One of the punch line of the movie ' It is easy to be right, not easy to be just..' All of us think we are right, If we all right than why do we have all these conflicts in the world. Being right is weaken in my head with this movie. Can I be just?

Overall, the movie very cliché in some areas, regular Netflix factory made; but carry very good messages and made me think re-evaluate my perspective. Therefore, I advise watch but do not expect superb job.

Worst Scenario I've Watched Recently

[gokselll · 2/10 · 9 October 2021]

To avoid announcing a spoiler, it could be said that the scenarao is an entirely failure!

The movie promises a grudge-vengeance story to the audience but, unfortunately none of the connection points viewed in the begginning reach a significant result. Thus, the movie leaves the viewer alone asking "why, why, why!!!" in response to numereous disconnected issues and scenes.

Netflix crap

[Moviedog26 · 1/10 · 8 October 2021]

Yes, another piece of crap from Netflix. Had enough? More coming soon.

Turkish cinema had a few good productions a few years back, but not this one, sorry.

Do not waste your time.

Please find a better title (than GRUDGE or KIN)

[THEgongoozler · 4/10 · 5 November 2021]

Policemen as defector, rather than defender, of the law is a common theme of crime movies (particularly those from Hong Kong), therefore it's hardly any surprise or delight when watching GRUDGE (2021). The revenging sibling plot can be found in BLANK (2019), so the ending is kind of revealed in the first scene (To be frank, the original Turkish title "KIN" is a giveaway). Nevertheless, this movie is well-produced, with good acting, and not a bad choice if someone desires to enjoy a movie from Middle East.

Pretty good

[piggulu · 8/10 · 14 October 2021]

I can't remember seeing any Turkish movies but I'm sure I've seen a couple. Anyways, I thought this was great, in reality an 8.5. The story was unique (at least to me), interesting, and filled with lots of suspense and twists.

You have to suspend your disbelief a little extra as to why the lead didn't just tell the truth immediately since no one would've doubted him, but it's not such a big deal to get hung up on. And in the great words of Pitch Meetings, "it's so the movie can happen!" which was well worth it.

Probably in the top 3 of Netflix produced movies all year, which isn't exactly much since I find most of them highly lackluster.

Simply awful...

[semihilkaykaradag · 5/10 · 9 October 2021]

It might be one of the worst movie, I have ever watched. There is nothing good in the movie; scenario is all time low, all the actings are dramatically awful, the musics are even not music, all the details are very very bad.

It's just waste of time to watch it.

On the other hand, I have never understood the movie policy of Netflix. They have hundreds of extraordinary TV series, but regarding movies, they cannot chose/make something specials. Most of the movies of Netflix are pretty low level that might give damages to their image.

Garbage

[Cloninglady · 1/10 · 9 October 2021]

It's hard to belive how they messed up both directing and screenplay, totally waste of time. The story itself is quite inconsistent so I literally felt insulted.

Costumes have better acting

[yilmazke-8-14269 · 3/10 · 10 October 2021]

Don't waste your time with seeing famous names acting lead roles. Yilmaz Erdogan (Harun) has ever worst acting yet.

Scenario is full of nonsense and non-necessary dramatization.

Interesting and recommended

[mcc-08445 · 10/10 · 9 October 2021]

Recommended. New steps in Turkish movies. Good story, decent directing, impressive acting.

Terrible movie

[mhepekiz · 4/10 · 10 October 2021]

When producers in a hurry to send content to Netflix, quality getting worse..

Too many logical mistakes in this movie..

No way !!

[hakanunsal72 · 1/10 · 8 October 2021]

The longest TicToc video I have ever watched. Really bad acting. I was surprised to see Yilmaz Erdogan and Ahmet Mümtaz to be a part of this.

Save your time and don't watch it.

[cakyolcu · 1/10 · 18 November 2021]

The worst Turkish movie I watched in recent years. Bad acting even worse plot, cliches cliches cliches. Hands off!! I do not understand how on earth a decent Turkish actor like Yilmaz Erdogan can end up in such a shame.

NO HOPE FOR MOVIE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY

[aslanatik · 1/10 · 8 October 2021]

Turkish movie sector has no progress in years, bad soundtrack, bad scenario, bad acting, nothing new, unrealistic. Something like 80s Los Angeles cop movies.

Sociologically, underdeveloped Turkish movie sector has to be examined.

At least actors in the sector, should watch Iceland serials, a country with a population of 350,000.

Finally, as compare to Korean movie sector, the difference is something 30/40 years.

The hours you spend watching this will not be refunded!

[niyaziozturkg · 1/10 · 9 October 2021]

Go and watch the movie called "Theeb" to see how talents a make movie!

Amazing movie

[yosomary · 10/10 · 16 October 2021]

It deserves higher rate. It is amazing movie and i enjoyed so much.. Nice story and good actors i like it so much. I didn't expect the ending it was incredible and I advice everyone to watch it.

Waste of Time

[myildirim1975 · 1/10 · 15 October 2021]

I have always enjoyed watching Yilmaz Erdogan's movies. However, this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen considering the acting and the scenario. The begininng was quite good. The climax part was also OK. But the ending was really terrible. I recommend you not to waste your time watching it.

Disappointed in the first two minutes

[andreidreglea · 1/10 · 2 November 2021]

I'm sorry, I don't want to keep watching it past the scene with two police man in the car. I can see the contour of panels of screen that plays "riding in traffic". The size of the cars they are "passing by" are so big that look like they drive in a city for giants. Who can give an "ok" to such a scene and move on as a director????? It's 2021 ffs! Netflix?????!!!!!!!!

Wish it was a tv series

[toykantopcu-867-144089 · 4/10 · 10 October 2021]

-all the scenario is depending on dramatic moments of characters without constructing their backstories and depth.

-predictible ending

-not enough time to construct all the characters with their own stories. Would be better if it was a TV series.

Terrible movie, poor acting

[skayatas · 1/10 · 13 October 2021]

Typical Turkish movie nonsense. I didn't know Yilmaz Erdogan was this bad in acting. All of the cast were as bad, fake emotions, can't really list the actors from worst to decent acting as there wasn't a single one who can really act. Foolish plot. Couldn't even watch, at some point i made myself busy with my smart phone flipping apps just to let the movie roll to the end aimlessly. Don't know how anyone can give this thing more than a 3 star, perhaps the nonsense all along was too obvious to me as Turkish is my native language, for others, well i guess it helps not to understand the audio in original language..

It's really bad

[nurdan_altuntas · 3/10 · 16 October 2021]

A very bad scenario full of mistakes, inconsistencies, gaps, pretentious dialogues, a lousy directing and a lot of bad acting (not all of the players but most of them. However, is it possible to have good acting with a bad scenario?) This is a shallow movie which doesn't even have something to say.