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In the Jail Now (O Şimdi Mahkum)

In the Jail Now (O Şimdi Mahkum)

Movie · 2005 · 17 people

O Şimdi Mahkûm (In the Jail Now) is a Turkish black comedy directed by Abdullah Oğuz from a script by Levent Kazak. It opened on 14 April 2005 and runs 125 minutes. It is the sequel to O Şimdi Asker (2002) and brings the same group of friends back together some years after their army service.

The central figure is Levent (Levent Kazak), a screenwriter whose career has gone nowhere. He has written a sitcom about a prison break and wants his army friend Gökhan (Gökhan Özoğuz), singer of the band Athena, to star in it. Gökhan is reluctant and keeps dodging him. Then a car accident lands both men in jail, in the same cell, where they meet another old comrade, Karlıdağ (Yavuz Bingöl). Karlıdağ is determined to escape to reach the woman he loves, and with the other inmates helping they begin digging a tunnel. Levent's script starts to come true, but the mobsters held in the same ward have their own plans for the tunnel.

The cast also includes Burhan Öçal (Numan), Erkan Can (Sadık Kazım), Zafer Algöz (Koko Niyazi), Fadik Sevin Atasoy (Katerina), Ayça İnci (Suzan), Melisa Sözen (Aylin), Ali Atay (Yiğit Çiftgör) and Nurseli İdiz (Kader). The film won four awards at the 2005 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

DirectorAbdullah Oğuz

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Yavuz Bingöl Yavuz Bingöl Singer · 62 years old Karlıdağ Beyazıt Öztürk Beyazıt Öztürk Actor · 57 years old Gökhan Özoğuz Gökhan Özoğuz Artist · 50 years old Fadik Sevin Atasoy Fadik Sevin Atasoy Actor · 51 years old Katerina Erkan Can Erkan Can Actor · 68 years old Sadık Kazım Peker Açıkalın Peker Açıkalın Film actor · 63 years old Erketeci Goncagül Sunar Goncagül Sunar Actor · 56 years old Mine Turgay Tanülkü Turgay Tanülkü Actor · 73 years old Lahanacı Burcu Kara Burcu Kara Actor · 46 years old Announcer Levent Kazak Levent Kazak Actor · 59 years old Levent Nurseli İdiz Nurseli İdiz Actor · 66 years old Kader Ali Atay Ali Atay Actor · 50 years old Yiğit Çiftgör Melisa Sözen Melisa Sözen Actor · 41 years old Aylin Ayça İnci Ayça İnci Actor · 48 years old Suzan Zafer Algöz Zafer Algöz Actor · 65 years old Koko Niyazi Ayça Varlıer Ayça Varlıer Actor · 49 years old Evrim Burhan Öçal Burhan Öçal Actor · 67 years old

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Breaking out of jail by digging a tunnel is good fuel for pace: the goal is clear, the obstacle is clear, and mobsters in the same ward muddy the plan. The black comedy tone may interrupt the tension, but the escape keeps the film moving. Do not raise your expectations too high; the real work here is in the jokes, not the action. The abundance of side characters keeps the fun lively. Fits anyone after a light, brisk comedy.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The classic sequel trap: recapturing the friendship chemistry of the first film. Placing the screenwriter at the centre, with a script that starts to come true, is an interesting bit of structural play; the nested fiction adds a fresh layer to the familiar prison-comedy mould. But the meta ambition is always left half-finished by the tunnel intrigue. The cast is wide and the comic tone uneven; four Golden Orange awards show the film is liked, but do not cover its gaps. The link between digging the tunnel and the script coming true is the most tempting idea, yet the comedy seems to drift elsewhere before exploring it, so the potential is not fully used.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Black comedy, prison, mobsters: not a family film. Fine for adults; do not watch with children. The black-comedy tone and the prison setting are not for little ones. The theme of friendship is warm. But a story set in jail is not a good example for little ones. A film for adults who want a laugh.

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