Review of Recep Ivedik 2 (2009) by Yasemin Y — 21 Jul 2010
A fast and furious follow-up that bring the iconic comedy buffoon back to the big screen...
Popular Turkish comedy writer and performer Å?ahan Gökbakar ("Dikkat sahan cikabilir") reunites with his younger brother Togan Gökbakar ("Gen") for this fast and furious follow-up to their 2008 Turkish box office number one hit comedy â??Recep Ä°vedikâ?? featuring his titular comedy character which manages to outperform its illustrious predecessor.
Fat, aggressive, unibrowed slob Recep Ä°vedik (Å?ahan Gökbakar) has more than met his match in the form of his profanity spewing grandmother (Gülsen Ã?zbakan) who sets him the tasks to find a job, gain respect and get married before she dies, which he achieves with a little help from cousin Hakan (Efe Babacan) and loyal sidekick Ali Kerem (Ã?agri Büyüksayar).
Å?ahan Gökbakar returns on top form as the inspired burlesque exaggeration of the modern Turkish peasantry at large in the city while superb support comes from Gülsen Ã?zbakan who steals every scene as well as Efe Babacan and Ã?agri Büyüksayar who are not so easy targets as the westernised "White Turks" of the first film.
The film-makers free the character from the misguided romantic endeavour that so marred the first film to give the comedy creation free range in a series of short burlesque comedy routines more fitting to the likes of Mr. Bean or Borat that are tied together by the loosest of quest story-lines to create a far more satisfying film, albeit one still too crude and obvious for refined tastes.
â??I am aggressive, I have complexes, but I am timid as a kitten when by myself. â??
This review of Recep Ivedik 2 (2009) was written by Yasemin Y on 21 Jul 2010.
Recep Ivedik 2 has generally received negative reviews.
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