NEW TORK'TA BES MINARE starts off in familiar fashion, as two Turkish cops travel to New York in pursuit of an alleged terrorist from Turkey who has been living in New York for thirty-seven years. There they encounter a group of FBI agents with innate prejudices against foreigners, and Muslims in particular. The two cops are drawn into a complex world, presided over by Islamic convert Danny Glover, where they seem apparently powerful to act. As the film unfolds, however, so the story becomes more complex. Hadji (Haluk Bilginer),ostensibly the prime suspect in the case - whose capture the Turkish cops are entrusted with - turns out to be completely different from what we, as the audience, expect of him. Director Mahsun Kirmizigul's film turns out to be a meditation on extremism, irrespective of religious difference: some Americans, as well as Turks, seem incapable of adopting either a moderate or a tolerant point of view. The film has a surprise ending, where we discover the true reason why Hadji went to America, and what kind of a person he actually was. Both noble yet self-aware, he remains a figure to admire in a complex world. NEW YORK'TA BES MINARE is an unexpectedly complex work, tautly filmed and grippingly told.

At that time, there were "Araz" courses in Baku. Later on, the courses were closed due to his ties to Fethullah Gulen.

At that time, I was going to this course to prepare for the university exams, when the summer came and the classes were over, they used to go to our Azerbaijan's Mingachevir city to rest. It was good times, one day they made us watch this movie in a movie theater-style place. I think I understand why, even then these topics were used as propaganda in "Araz" courses. The movie was interesting back then, but now I know how bad it was. Dany Glover bro, are you out of money, did you act in this movie?

In Turkey there is a major terrorist raid. Meanwhile in the US, FBI agent David Becker (Robert Patrick) arrests the calmly praying Hadji Gumus in his home. Gumus fits the description of "Dejjal" (Anti-Christ) an internationally wanted terrorist who has lived in the US with no criminal record. Hadji's wife Maria (Gina Gershan) is alarmed by the arrest and doesn't believe the charges. Danny Glover plays Marcus who wants to prevent the deportation.

We quickly discover Becker is a man with conservative views, one that might be considered anti-Islam as he has to deal with two Turkish agents who come to NYC to pick up the prisoner. When Danny Glover orchestrates an improbable rescue of Hadji, the two Turkish agents (Mahsun Kirmizigül, Mustafa Sandal) go rogue to find him. Is Hadji a terrorist or do they have the wrong guy? That is the question put to the viewer as the plot develops and takes a twist.

The movie contains killing, good blood splatter with head shot, torture, rocket launchers, flame throwers, and three men in Muslim woman's garb who whip off their top layer and start firing with automatic weapons. The flames coming from the weapons is CG. More drama than action-thriller.

2 MF bombs. No sex or nudity