"Midnight Express" is a cruel movie whose influence has hardly diminished in decades since its controversial release in the late 1970s. Even in the 1920s, the film is still a divisive and powerful film. The film opens with a series of wonderful and continuous tension scenes. At that time, the unknown actor Brad Davis portrayed the role of Billy with firm physical convictions, especially the unfair descriptions of Turkey, its judicial system and its people. Li’s perspective
. The film successfully turned the prison into a complete, real, and comprehensive world, forming a microcosm of human behavior. The art director of the film is especially good at reshaping such a world, a hellish scene, just like a scene in a lunatic asylum, where prisoners always circle a stone pillar to create a fascinating sense of horror
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Midnight Express evaluation action
2021-12-11 08:01
Extended Reading
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Alex 2022-04-21 09:02:07
It's good-looking, but I feel that the director is a little biased, and I don't know what the real situation is. It's okay to meet your girlfriend. The Istanbul street scene at the beginning is also very attractive.
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Jace 2021-12-11 08:01:11
On December 1970, the American boy was forced to be imprisoned in Turkey for carrying marijuana. At the end of three years, the United States and Turkey had been guilty and sentenced to life. During the period, he failed to escape, was beaten and starved. The last time he was singled by the cell leader, he fell to his death and escaped by changing clothes. It's a little literary, because the brush strokes are too delicate. The story is unsurprising, and there is too much talk about the political confrontation. Just like "Birth Without Love", although I can watch it coherently, I feel that it is not as good as they said, four stars are enough.
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Billy Hayes: What's Jimmy's story? Why is he in here? Hash?
Erich: No. He was caught stealing from a mosque. That is also a heavy crime here in Turkey.
Billy Hayes: What did he steal?
Erich: Two candle sticks.
Billy Hayes: That's all?
Erich: That's all.
Billy Hayes: Why? Why would he do that?
Erich: Who knows? He's always been a wild child. He's got more balls then brains. Did you know that he was in here for a year-and-a-half before he told his parents what happened to him?
Billy Hayes: What about you? What are you in for?
Erich: Hashish. 90% of the foreigners here are in for hashish or drug related charges from smuggling to posession. My advice is you get yourself a very good lawyer and try to argue down the charge you face. If they make it posession, the sentance is lighter.
Billy Hayes: What were you convicted of?
Erich: Smuggling hash with the intent to sell.
Billy Hayes: What sentence did you receive?
Erich: 12 years. I've been here for just over four years.
Billy Hayes: How much did you have on you?
Erich: 100 grams.
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Billy Hayes: It looks like a cheap hotel.
Jimmy: Only the room service is lousy. I'm Jimmy Booth. This is Erich - something Swedish, I don't know.
Erich: Just Erich.
Jimmy: He cleaned you up.
Billy Hayes: Thanks. I'm Billy Hayes. At least, I used to be.