Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on March 08, 2006 at 13:10:13

Hamam is a Turkish bath house, and there is no reason the action could not be centered around such establishment... no?

The film is set in Istambul, where a young Italian - and here we have of of the film's major attractions, as in addition to being handsome he is also... enter drumroll here... he is also the son of none else but the Great Vittorio Gassman... and if you need another invitation after learning this small fact then perhaps it is time to visit Vittorio's filmography, as it is immense, diverse and powerful - where a young Italian arrives to sell the hamam he interited from his aunt.

Phew... I think I managed that paragraph...

Anyway, he arrives and things start happening, and you are thrown a distraction, a feint in the plot along the way, and actually more than one, just to make it more interesting.

You will not be left with the sensation that you had just added another great film to your list... not really, but that hardly matters, as for all its faults, the film is still manages to be better than perhaps 90% of what floods our screens today.

It is mildly offensive in a couple of spots, so be forewarned if you wish to make it a family evening, but given what we hear from our center channel speaker these days I suspect it is not going to shock your 13 year old.

All in all... you can do WHOLE lot worse with your buck-fifty, if you hold the Netflix membership, and as an insight into the culture we rarely see this is a welcome event.