"Turkish director provides five minarets but too many messages
Once a king of arabesk, Mahsun Kırmızıgül is now continuing to flaunt his new persona as an accomplished filmmaker with his third feature. ‘New York’ta 5 Minare’ (Five Minarets in New York), written, directed and starring Kırmızıgül, tackles paranoia toward Islam with impressive cinematography and action scenes, but misses with a lack of subtlety"
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