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Fixed Hook 2 (Sabit Kanca 2)

Fixed Hook 2 (Sabit Kanca 2) (translated)

Movie · 2014 · 14 people

Sabit Kanca 2, a Turkish comedy from 2014, was made as a sequel to Sabit Kanca. Alper Mestçi directed it from a screenplay by Ersan Özer. Muhteşem Film produced it and Pinema distributed it. It opened on 24 October 2014, stayed in cinemas for 11 weeks and drew 84,042 viewers. The running time is 94 minutes.

The title character, Sabit Kanca, is again at the centre, played by İsmail Baki Tuncer. His landlord, Rıfat Amca (Zeki Ocak), falls for Rencide Posuk after seeing her on television and wants to marry her, but she takes no liking to him at their first meeting. Smoothing things over falls to his tenant, who has no alternative because of his unpaid rent. Then Turabi, the former boyfriend of Rencide's daughter Zeliş (Damla Ersubaşı), turns up. Turabi Çamkıran plays him. Obsessed with winning Zeliş back, he kidnaps Rencide, things go badly wrong, and it is once more up to Kanca to sort them out.

The cast also includes İrfan Aslanhan (Hakan), Fırat Sobutay (Ankaralı Davut), Volkan Kantoğlu (Tombiş), Seda Oğuz (Şule), Sedat Kalkavan and Ender Sakallı. Bekir Toplar was director of photography, with music by Saki Çimen and Uğur Ateş.

DirectorAlper Mestçi
Production companyMuhteşem Film

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Turabi Çamkıran Turabi Çamkıran Actor · 38 years old Turabi İsmail Baki Tuncer İrfan Aslanhan Damla Ersubaşı Zeki Ocak Fırat Sobutay Kurt Berk Sedat Kalkavan Sıla Erkan Volkan Kantoglu Ahmet Dursun Murat Tuncer Seda Oguz Ender Sakalli

Also in the cast: Volkan Kantoğlu, Seda Oğuz, Ender Sakallı

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

It looks like a light comedy for the family: a tenant, a landlord, a rush to get married. But the story includes a kidnapping where things go badly wrong, so it is worth checking how suitable it is for very young children. The humour speaks more to adults and teenagers. Not bad for an easy evening, but do not expect a film that stays with you.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Sabit Kanca 2 follows the most familiar pattern of sequels: take the first film's character and drop him into the middle of a new mess. Ersan Özer's script moves by stacking events: the landlord's wish to marry, the ex-boyfriend's obsession and a kidnapping line up one after another. The structure works like a string of sketches but leaves the characters no real room to develop. Alper Mestçi's direction keeps the comedy flowing cleanly, yet it is hard to say the film has a language of its own. Reaching over 84,000 admissions across eleven weeks suggests the sequel could not carry the first film's energy to a wide audience.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The film's comedy rests on a relationship many people in Turkey know well: the bond of debt and obligation between a tenant who cannot pay his rent and his landlord. Sabit Kanca being forced to broker his landlord's marriage shows how unpaid rent becomes a bargaining chip. The landlord falling for his would-be bride after seeing her on television is also a small nod to how much the screen meddles in everyday life and relationships. The film spends this material on laughs rather than deepening it; in my view, what is really interesting is how familiar these situations feel to the audience.

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