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Dragon Trap 
Theatrical posterDirected by Uğur Yücel Produced by Erol Avcı Written by Kubilay Tat Starring - Uğur Yücel
- Kenan İmirzalıoğlu
- Nejat İşler
- Berrak Tüzünataç
- Ceyda Düvenci
Music by Soner Akalın Cinematography Tolga Kutlar Release date(s) 22 January 2010 Running time 110 minutes Country Turkey Language Turkish Box office $4,644,486 Dragon Trap (Turkish: Ejder Kapanı) is a 2010 Turkish crime-thriller film, directed by Uğur Yücel, about two detectives investigating a series of murders of released pedophiles, which was sponsored by the Istanbul Police Department. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 22, 2010, is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010.[1]
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Production
The eight week shoot started on June 15, 2009 and included seven weeks in Istanbul and one week in Erzincan, Turkey.[2] A French team came to Turkey to contribute to the production.[1]
Plot
Ensar (Nejat İşler) has turned into a ruthless death machine during his military service, during which he fought terrorists in numerous clashes in southeast Anatolia. Having just completed his compulsory military service, Ensar returns home, but on the very day he comes home, he finds out that while he was away, his 12-year-old sister was raped. Later, unable to cope with the trauma, the little girl hung herself at a mental asylum she was put in following the incident. In the meantime, Ensar’s hometown is shaken with a number of murders. Two skillful detectives from the homicide department, Abbas (Uğur Yücel) and “Akrep” Celal (Kenan İmirzalıoğlu), along with rookie Ezo (Berrak Tüzünataç) are assigned to investigate the murders. The case will be the last one Abbas has to solve before the retirement he has been anticipating for a long time to put into practice his plans to move to a quiet and far away place with his longtime girlfriend Cavidan (Ceyda Düvenci).
Cast
- Uğur Yücel ('Çerkez' Abbas)
- Kenan İmirzalıoğlu ('Akrep' Celal)
- Nejat İşler (Ensar)
- Berrak Tüzünataç (Ezo)
- Ceyda Düvenci (Cavidan)
- Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu (Ensar's mother)
- Ozan Güven (Remzi)
- İlker Aksum (Doctor)
Release
The film opened in 407 screens across Turkey on January 22, 2010 at number two in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $1,292,163.[3]
Opening weekend gross Date Territory Screens Rank Gross January 22, 2010 Turkey 407 2 $1,292,163 January 28, 2010 Germany 55 18 $140,125 January 29, 2010 Austria 9 21 $20,210 Reception
Box office
The film was number two at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and has made a total gross of $4,644,486.[3]
See also
- 2010 in film
- Turkish films of 2010
References
- ^ a b "70 Domestic Productions to Debut This Season". Today's Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-184991-70-domestic-productions-to-debut-this-season.html. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "Uğur Yücel Set to Wrap up Filming on New Crime Thriller". Today's Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-181414-ugur-yucel-set-to-wrap-up-filming-on-new-crime-thriller.html. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ a b "Ejder Kapani". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fEJDERKAPANI01&country=TR&wk=2010W4&id=_fEJDERKAPANI01&p=.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
External links
Categories:- 2010 films
- Turkish films
- Turkish-language films
- Crime thriller films
- Films set in Turkey
- Films set in Istanbul
- Turkish film stubs
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