Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A Masterpiece!

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I enjoy watching most movie genres but it is especially pleasing when a movie like this particular one comes along every so often and keeps me wanting to watch more and more movie titles. It seemed like I just started to watch the movie and then it was far too soon that it was over. Five Minarets in New York was also released under the alternate title An Act Of Vengeance. All the main characters in this movie displayed a true sense of purpose in their job and in their lives. It is a movie with various stories to tell about life, fear, hatred, vengeance, deception, faith and love of family. The main character Haji, played by Haluk Bilginer is arrested in New York for crimes that his family are not aware of nor are told by the authorities. Haji certainly has a love for mankind and values life, but is he the extreme terrorist that the authorities have accused him of with evidence? The lesson learned from this movie is to love your family and friends every day as you never know when things will change....as in Five Minarets in New York.

Not often i would give a movie a 10/10 vote, but this movie is exceptionally great and packs a punch right from the first few minutes right through to the end. It is full of action,drama and some very emotional parts that if you are the type that like a bit of tear jerking then keep the tissues handy because this movie also delivers this.I could actually imagine this being a true story with the amount of bungles that happen today and the way we are so quick to accuse and condemn others.I do not intend to give an overview of the story as it is pretty well covered on site. But its a story of innocence and wrong doing.The scenery is breathtaking in some of the scenes and its one of those movies that has you glued to the story all the way to the point if you get a slight distraction you will be wanting to go back and watch what you missed.The only thing that might annoy some are the subtitles as the movie is also shot in Turkey. but once in America it is mostly English and then a bit of both but i found the subtitles very user friendly and a nice job done all round.Danny Glover, as usual exceeds in this movie, but the acting is superb all round.

Despite a few clichés, the movie is not, first of all, a predictable one. It starts like any other Hollywood picture, with secret agents and the most fresh subject: Muslim and terrorism. But further more we find that it is about religion, about the fact that there is only one God. We find that the fundamentalist's of Islam are not tolerated by the Islam itself. We can see a dialog between a fundamentalist priest and a true one, despite the fact that they are dressed in ... white and black, suppose a lack of inspiration. We find that the destiny is inevitably. We find that there is love and forgiveness in both - in all of religions.

I am at awe to see couple of bad reviews on here. The only thing I can think of it is that the bad reviews come from the followers of the biggest cancer in Turkey who is Fettullah or maybe some other ethnic rebellious thinkers. Bottom line is that this movie gives a great depiction of everything. The power of using Islam for good, and that people in the end are victims of being uneducated. Movie was fantastic in every way. The actors, the filming - everything. It is a must see. Haluk Bilginer gave an amazing performance. Mahsun Kirmizigul despite me having previous negative thoughts against him and quite frankly not thinking too highly of him was a pleasant surprise. Mustafa Sandal despite being a terrible singer turned out to be a decent actor. Danny Glover and Gina of course were at 5 star performances again.