Battle of Faith/Fetih

Rating: 2/10 (22 September 2012)

Certainly not a battle for historical accuracy. The Americans have done it countless times though. Mostly with history in general and rewriting it, to fit into the dramatic purpose of a movie. So why shouldn't Turkey be allowed to do it? And why shouldn't you be allowed to enjoy this romp? There is no reason why not. Of course, you have to love clichés and the good vs. bad fight. There is no Grey area. If you're looking for a morality tale, you got the wrong movie.
The action scenes are decent, the CGI is OK (not good, but it shouldn't distract you too much), but the letdown are the one dimensional characters. And some really bad screen writing. There is one "bad" spy in the movie who couldn't be more obvious, if he wore a Byzantin flag singing "I'm a spy" while having "Spy" written on his forehead! But if that floats your boat (no pun intended), than go ahead. Also the heroics are incredible to the point, where either your teen fan-boy will emerge or your intellect will shut down.
I liked the cinematography though and if you don't care about facts/history or that information gets repeated a couple of times (movie could've been a lot shorter) or that the Vatican speaks fluent Turkish (can be a bit distracting I guess for some) or that neither Robocop nor the Terminator would be a match against a special Turkish soldier or some other minor (major?) things that can be annoying: You could actually enjoy this nonsense. There is a scene involving a flag towards the end ... it has to be seen to be believed (and laughed at!).
One thing it has shown us: Blockbusters have arrived in Turkey (for better or worse). And my summary line comes from the German title of the movie, which is "Battle of Empires". I don't believe in imposing your believe onto others (no matter what you believe in)