17 million dollar budget may be the highest number in Turkish film making industry, but this does NOT make it sufficient or even close to sufficient for a film like Fetih. Acting is less then amateur cause they don't have enough payment to hire real actors. Ships and language do Not suit ottoman era. There are enormous historical mistakes even conflicts. Make you wonder whether the director consulted some or any historians. Sword fighting scenes are unbearable. Ulubatlı Hasan has nothing to do with being an ottoman nor a turk. Director tries to make a replica of Aragorn which he fails desperately. Because even if he did it successfully it would again has no value as Ulubatlı Hasan was an ottoman, and Aragorn a fiction hero. His way of fighting does NOT resemble Turkish techniques, he is just moving like a disgustingly cheap samurai with cheaper aragorn hair and beard cut. This director has no clue about the character even about the character's outfit. He could have at least looked into any history book and get a clue.

The worst scene was the illegal sex scene which has no way to happen in Hasan's life.

Visual effects are worse then that are in power rangers, especially the scene where the ship sinks. İt was SO bad that it was the scene i left the theatre. And ships in this movie are not the ships Sultan Mehmet had transported through land which was considered "impossible" at the time. This transportation of battle ships across the landscape İS one of the hardest decisions made by a leader if not the only one, in the history of mankind. And the effect of this decision on the people or on the historians of that time is totally ignored in this movie. Sultan Mehmet the Conquerer, the wise, the loyal, who has great piety is just an arrogant kid in this movie. The charismatic scholar of Islam, great hodja Akşemseddin (his name means "the sun of religion") is again totally ignored.

The scene where two kings meet on horse backs DİD NOT happen in the siege, it's from Ridley Scott's K.O.H. Enough writing about this film, it doesn't worth to write about. Director has just edited scenes from foreign films, so he is not a real director, he is a fake editor. İ gave it 1 out of 10 because there's no scoring system below zero in İMDB.

I first saw this on a dvd which I own.

Revisited it recently on a blu ray which I own.

People may crib why n how, this n that, ifs n buts, lauda lasun, etc.

The fellas who have rated this low n hav posted negative reviews n are cribbing bah historical mumbo jumbo, they are the same fellas who are okay with Hollywood propaganda movies.

Coming back to this movie, it is one of the best in the genre.

As an entertaining period war film, this film is an amazeballs.

I love Hollywood films. They too make fun of their villains n show their heroes as the best people.

Consider this as jus a film n enjoy the battle sequences.

Haven't seen much of Turkish cinema but this film n Valley of the Wolves made me a fan of their movies.

Both r solid action entertainment.

The actor who played Hassan is terrific.

Fans of Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Red Cliff, etc may enjoy this epic action film.

Certainly not a battle for historical accuracy. The Americans have done it countless times though. Mostly with history in general and rewriting it, to fit into the dramatic purpose of a movie. So why shouldn't Turkey be allowed to do it? And why shouldn't you be allowed to enjoy this romp? There is no reason why not. Of course, you have to love clichés and the good vs. bad fight. There is no Grey area. If you're looking for a morality tale, you got the wrong movie.

The action scenes are decent, the CGI is OK (not good, but it shouldn't distract you too much),but the letdown are the one dimensional characters. And some really bad screen writing. There is one "bad" spy in the movie who couldn't be more obvious, if he wore a Byzantin flag singing "I'm a spy" while having "Spy" written on his forehead! But if that floats your boat (no pun intended),than go ahead. Also the heroics are incredible to the point, where either your teen fan-boy will emerge or your intellect will shut down.

I liked the cinematography though and if you don't care about facts/history or that information gets repeated a couple of times (movie could've been a lot shorter) or that the Vatican speaks fluent Turkish (can be a bit distracting I guess for some) or that neither Robocop nor the Terminator would be a match against a special Turkish soldier or some other minor (major?) things that can be annoying: You could actually enjoy this nonsense. There is a scene involving a flag towards the end ... it has to be seen to be believed (and laughed at!).

One thing it has shown us: Blockbusters have arrived in Turkey (for better or worse). And my summary line comes from the German title of the movie, which is "Battle of Empires". I don't believe in imposing your believe onto others (no matter what you believe in)