Wolf

Nicely filmed, good actors, personality sometimes had hard time to follow the conversation with subtitles and was a bit hard end.

After seeing couple of turkish "action" series, i didnt have any hope in this one, my expectation was low but what in tarnation, this is good and realism is high.

The only problem is they are picturing the terrorists in the first episodes as like complete idiots, i dont expect turks to picture them any better, but for the sake of realism, those terrorists are tough and trained and they live in the mountains, they are wild, one of the wildest in the world.

Overall, very worthy.

That's a job far better than ordinary, mediocre, too long and copy of each other Turkish series. Theme, shooting angles, colors, editing, in world-class. But if it was Hollywood, I was going to give it 6. Generally, an average job.

But also there is still some problems we need to talk about it.

But first, i have to say something important. Turks give exaggerated high scores to their films, series on Imdb. Most of Turks are nationalist, I understand. But they need to understand this is an international platform, and by doing this, they damage their own movies, series. Because such a high score creates a high expectation. And of course then the disappointment and worst one, hatred against Turkish movies, series.

Now lets continue.

First one, visual effects, still not even good. There are really no special effects companies that do great work in Turkey? If not, consider other options, other companies. This is a huge problem. The cgi for such a series is incredibly important. There are few scenes that already require special effects and they were awful, sorry.

Second problem. Dialogues. They are not American, they are Turks. I guess Turan and chief was the most natural characters. Others were too much American on their dialogues. I mean, dialogues are artificial. I felt like I'm watching an American movie.

Third problem, sounds. Why are gunshots so low? In general, the gun sounds are low. And i guess gun sounds and bullet bounce sounds is taken from games. They were horrible and incredible artificial. Unacceptable. An element that reduces quality so badly.

Sometimes the music is over the sound effects. In the fight scenes for example, sometimes rising and sometimes decreasing. It's really annoying.

And generally sounds are not well organized. Sounds are the most important factors that determine quality, imho.

So, what I saw from the first episode, it's worth watching. I wonder about the next 5 episodes.

Edit: Now I've seen all of it, 6 episodes. The tempo is low in some episodes. In four, for example. But in last 2 episodes, it was better. Looks like will continue as a cinema film, and i will watch. Not wonderful but good job. I'm more hopeful about movie.

Like most Turkish series I've watched it was very good with realistically imperfect actors unlike the plastic Hollywood phonies. I actually mean looks wise, no perfect teeth, skin, and most without perfect body images, which seems more important in Hollywood these days than actual acting itself. Most of the actors in different Turkish series are more enjoyable, realistic than Hollywood garbage these days. I'll watch a Turkish series when available anytime.

The series is reminiscent of Strike Back and maybe a bit of Band of Brothers. While not on the same level of quality and writing, fans of military action/dramas will find something to like here. The action and cinematography are excellent.

Unfortunately, a few things take the viewer out of the enjoyment. The special effects are poor enough to be occasionally distracting. Dialogue can be extremely cliche and predictable. Certain scenes are over the top and eye roll worthy.

Still, if you can ignore a few tropes, the series is well worth a watch.

Note - always watch in the original dialogue track and not the dubs.