The Man Who Saved the World (more commonly known as Turkish Star Wars) is the most manic and insane movie I've ever seen. I've known about this film for a few years but I've only seen it now. If you know nothing about it, and have stumbled upon this movie whilst aimlessly surfing IMDb, let me give you a rundown. Turkish Star Wars has that unofficial title as the film is both from Turkey and makes copious use of unauthorized stock footage from Star Wars: A New Hope which they definitely did not have the rights too. Moreover, the soundtrack is shamelessly lifted from Raiders of the Lost Ark, albeit with a very unnatural stop in the tempo whenever someone in this film is punched or kicked. The IMDb trivia section is pretty humorous and sheds some light on the film. The use of Star Wars footage stemmed from the fact that the sets were constructed on a Turkish beach, destroyed in a storm (which is going to happen when you build your elaborate film sets on a beach) and then because the studio didn't want to pay for rebuilding them they decided on bribing the security guard at a film distributor for a print of A New Hope. Describing the story is not the easiest task in the world. Just be aware that two Turkish warriors from space (although they are constantly described as being from Earth as well, I guess) are sent to this planet that was once a fragment of Earth that's been shot out into space. There they have to defeat this Wizard guy who's like a dictator like figure. More happens than that but like I said, the story is hard to follow and pretty nonsensical. The film is obviously riddled with faults but it's easily a film you could have fun with. Very bizarre, but very entertaining in an unintended way.
Review of The Man Who Saved the World
