Having looked at some of the comments and reviews here, I am a little surprised that so many have taken what is pretty much a slightly above average action drama so seriously. Its acted adequately, well shot, points out the ignorance and hypocrisy rife in America without overdoing it. It reminds me of many American movies where Yank cops would go over to another country, or city etc and show the locals how it was done. Definitely got a 90s feel to it this one, no CG, ridiculous American toilet humour of recent years, and an enjoyable change in perspective. Those with complaints about realism and believability are really overdoing it, this is really a Turkish version of an American genre movie

Started off promising enough, however soon descended into lectures, stereotypes and an unbelievably unsophisticated sequence of events. All leading to a bizarre conclusion.Without giving anything away: The protagonists make free use of cellphones apparently unaware of the concept of phone-taps. The FBI is unaware of even basic stakeout procedure, all suspects hide in plain sight and have a regular stream of visitors under the (very broken) radar of the law enforcing agencies. Danny Glover's character is himself not very clear what he is up to.In short, the big budget and the big name cast are squandered for want of a half reasonable screenplay. Shame really.

I almost always choose saying "I don't like it" instead of "it's bad"... However, I'm not going to hesitate saying awful for this movie! Unfortunately, this is worse than awful and definitely overrated. Mahsun Kirmizigul, Turkish arabesque singer-turned-movie director, is not even close to be a story teller. I'm pretty sure so many Turkish people rated this movie around 6-10, just because of some big words spoken in the movie. Two brave Turkish cops versus FBI agents, and some big words, blah blah blah, no doubt this movie flattered some sort of ego. But my friends, these things does not make a movie good! There are so many fine actors in this movie, and they all wasted. Mahsun's terrible story telling awkwardly wastes your time. Dialogues are written like for a primary school stage play, connections between the scenes, well.. there are no connections. Mahsun's worries about giving social messages is exactly at the same level as his other movies "I Saw the Sun" and "The White Angel"... Unfortunately he is giving these messages assuming the viewer is an idiot. If this movie is one of the first Turkish movies you've ever seen, please don't give up. Try some other Turkish directors, especially Yavuz Turgul, Cagan Irmak...

In Istanbul, terrorists abduct executives, blow-up the car of a journalist and plan five great attacks to the city. The violent police officer Firat Baran (Mahsun Kirmizigül) interrogates a terrorist and informs that the responsible for the attacks is the leader code-named Dajjal that lives in New York under the identity of Hadji Gümüs (Haluk Bilginer). In New York, the bigoted FBI Special Agent David Becker (Robert Patrick) is assigned to arrest the well respected religious and family man Hadji, who has a store in Soho, in his apartment in front of his wife Maria (Gina Gershon). The police officers Firat and Acar Dogan (Mustafa Sandal) travel to New York to bring Hadji back to Turkey. While traveling to the airport under the custody of the two Turkish officers, Hadji is rescued by his friend Marcus (Danny Glover) and members of the Muslin community. Then, Firat and Acar are captured and Hadji proposes them to stay with him for a couple of days, and then he would turn himself in and travel to Istanbul with the police officers. Firat and Acar realize that Hadji is a good man, but they are forced to bring him to Turkey. Once in Turkey, Hadji is interrogated and the officers believe that he is innocent. But why Hadji was so afraid to return to Turkey? "Five Minarets in New York" is a magnificent story of intolerance, bigotry, ignorance and feud. The screenplay is very well written without flaws and there are sharp dialogues, like for example, the conversation between Becker and Acar when they are introduced to each other at Becker's office. Further, the film uses few clichés and the plot is absolutely unpredictable. The cast has good performances and the haunting music score is awesome. I decided to see this film with low expectations since the Brazilian title "Terrorismo em Nova Iorque" (meaning "Terrorism in New York") misleads the viewer. The grabber of this movie for me was Gina Gershon, an actress that I like a lot and I have not seen for a long time. She is almost fifty years old and is still a very beautiful woman. In the end I had a great surprise and I have watched a great film. My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Terrorismo em Nova Iorque" ("Terrorism in New York")Note: On 25 June 2016, I saw this wonderful film again.