Not good but not that bad neither.. Would be much better of course.

Rating: 3/10 (15 January 2013)

As a Turk, i admit that, this movie doesn't deserve more than 6 stars. But it doesn't deserve 1 either.Acting, plot, effects are not at their best. Casting is awful. There are more talented Turkish actors for these roles.Scene editing is not good at all. Giovanni Giustiniani and Ulubatlı Hasan are both jokes. They are like they run out of the gym to fight in the battle. I think director choice is the starter of the disaster. Faruk Aksoy wasn't capable to direct this kind of movie. If you look his directing carrier there are only low quality comedy and horror movies. *But if you consider that, this is the first trying to do a historical - action movie with this scale in Turkish movie industry, slamming it to the ground is a bit merciless*.
I read plenty of reviews. Everybody complains about the nationalist propaganda of turks. I admit that movie doesn't give history as it really was. Of course, citizens of the conquered city wouldn't see the conqueror as a savior. Of course Turks were not that almighty and Christians were evil( Opposite of this is not real either.) But take a second and think.. In Hollywood movies don't we see people with American eyes. Were Persians monsters as seen in 300? Or are Russians, Chinese evil as seen in plenty action movies? Were Indians beasts as seen in western movies? This is not the first time that one nation sublimated and their enemies identified as cowards, heartless puppets.