Midnight Express

1978

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller

50
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 88002 88K

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Plot summary

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".


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April 11, 2016 at 03:03 AM

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John Hurt as Max
Randy Quaid as Jimmy Booth
Kevork Malikyan as Prosecutor
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stimpy_tr 1 / 10

Mostly Fictional and Entirely Racist!

Let me evaluate this film as a Turk. First of all, it is obvious that it didn't bear the slightest intention to depict a real-life event objectively. The film was shot entirely in Malta and no Turk played in it. Naturally, I had difficulty understanding what the Turkish characters said in the film and missed most of the dialogues even after replaying. I didn't understand why they insisted that foreign actors speak Turkish.

In the film, not a few people but the entire Turkish nation is disparaged and insulted relentlessly from beginning to end. They are demonstrated as ruthless, xenophobic, squealer and animal killer. The screenplay is awful and evidently written by a racist. Briefly, this film is merely a projection of its makers!

Reviewed by janerosslj 10 / 10

I have never felt so many emotions before..

Wow. I watched this movie for the first time almost 2 years ago. It struck a cord with me, not really knowing much background before I started it. What a horrific situation to be in. It was very intense, and you were on the edge of your seat the entire time. I don't know why they don't make movies like this anymore. We have evolved but I will continue to what this for years to come.. one of the best.

Reviewed by schappe1 8 / 10

It's not about Turkey

I found an old VHS tape of this film among my film collection: I don't think I've watched it for 30 years so I put it in the machine. I thought it was a strong movie with good performances and held up very well. I've always liked the music. I was amazed to read the reviews and find that the film was treated like a cinematic diatribe against Turkey and the Turkish people. The film is not about Turkey. That's simply the setting. it's no more about the Turkish people than "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang", "Cool Hand Luke" or "The Shawshank Redemption" is about the American people.

The film works on two levels. It's about a guy who foolishly decides to ignore the laws of a foreign country and smuggle hashish from ti to make some quick money. He gets caught and confronts a series of policemen, lawyers, judges and prison guards, none of them sympathetic characters. Those are the "Turkish people" presented to him and to us. They are little different from the sort of people who would hold those jobs in any country, including ours. A couple of prisoners make comments about disliking Turks but that's because this is their experience of them. There's no implications that all of the Turkish people are like these characters. On this level the film is just a stark reminder that if you travel to a foreign country you must be aware of and obey their laws. Just because you are an American, you have no special status.

The other level of the film and the part that makes it special is the psychological. the "Midnight Express" is not a train but it's not just an escape attempt. When Billy winds up in the asylum, he gets into a battle to hold on to his mind. He doesn't want to be a "bad machine", which is the other way to escape his dismal reality. he's losing that battle when his girlfriend show up to give him hope and reason to use it. That's what the movie is really about.

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