Another one of many Cetin Inanc & Cuneyt Arkin collaborations, 'Dev Kani' isn't quite as wild and trashy as their other efforts but still manages to deliver towards the end of the film for those with some patience.
Arkin plays Murat, a war hero, who has become something of an alcoholic and vagabond since returning home. He eventually begins to reconnect with people from his past, mainly his mechanic friend (Huseyin Peyda) and his old flame who has now become a stripper (Leyla Somer).
In parallel to this, a heroin epidemic has taken control of the city and the commissioner (Erol Tas) is tasked with cleaning up the city and taking down the main drug boss. As Murat has no ties or
family and showed great courage during the war, the commissioner blackmails him into taking a mission to wipe out the drug trade and all those involved.
'Dev Kani' takes quite a while to get going, in fact, it's almost 50-60 mins until we get to see Arkin in action which consists of the usual acrobatic trampoline bouncing, blasting and karate chopping his way through baddie scum.
Along the way we get a tame but easy-on-the-eye strip tease show, some amusing over-acting from caged junkies in prison cells, a dash of underage rape and a memorable bleached blonde villain sporting some shades straight out of Buggles 'Video Killed..' video.
As usual, the HD versions on Youtube are butchered (as of Dec 2023). The German Kalkavan VHS (which this review is based on) runs approx 16 mins longer with all the good stuff fully intact.
