Sayara (5 Stars)

This is the fifth film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.

It's the first Turkish film I've ever seen. Are they all so good?

We were told that the film was turned down by other festivals because it's too violent. After watching the film I understand why.

Sayara is a young woman who cleans the floor in a fitness centre. Her older sister Yonca is having an affair with Baris, the centre's married owner. When Yonca sees Baris having sex with another woman she films it and threatens to send the video to his wife. As a result Yonca is murdered, and the authorities are bribed to call it suicide.

Sayara sets out to take revenge. She kills everyone who has anything to do with Baris in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The killings are very explicit. Sayara isn't a good person. She kills people who are innocent just to make Baris suffer. That almost made me rate the film lower, but after thinking it over I've given it a full five stars.