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Chiko

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A teenager and his best friend look for respect by becoming gangsters.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 08/24/2009
2/5
This is frankly pretty cliched stuff. Go to Full Review
Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 08/24/2009
4/5
It's hard to take your eyes off Moschitto's bulldog-like antihero - with his dangerous lips and furtive power plays, he makes Vincent Cassel in Mesrine look like Dale Winton's camper twin. Go to Full Review
Cosmo Landesman The Times (UK) 08/24/2009
3/5
Despite the fresh setting and fine performances, Yildirim's screenplay is just too familiar to really admire. Instead of violent and ruthless Italians, we get violent and ruthless Turks. Go to Full Review
Pamela Jahn Electric Sheep 09/27/2017
... its uneven blend of social criticism, domestic drama and gangster tragedy illustrates just how difficult it is to capture that distinctive Scarface quality. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) 08/24/2009
Chiko's German boss, Moritz Bleibtreu confirms his reputation as one of Europe's most compelling younger film actors. Go to Full Review
Tim Evans Sky Cinema 08/24/2009
2/5
Never does the plot deviate from its almost pre-ordained course and as we witness the rise and fall of Chiko not once is there a surprise in store to ramp up the interest. Go to Full Review
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05/28/2013 pretty good for low budget. not really origonal at all but the story is good enough to be told more than once. See more 02/10/2013 Ein hervorragend inszenierter deutscher Gangsterfilm mit brillianten Gegencharaktären, aber leider mit einem zu durchsichtigem und voraussehbarem Drehbuch. See more 07/30/2011 Nice filming (has a bit of Sacrifice) but predictable ending. In the beginning of the movie (first 30 mins) I thought this a pretty cliched stuff but actually it is not! See more 07/24/2011 Chiko (Denis Moschitto) is unemployed, but he wants to be rich. He wants to get out of his Ghetto-life and he wants a bright and shiny future in front of him. His best friend Tibet (Volkan Özcan) leads a life just as hopeless, as Chiko. He needs money, because he wants to buy a kidney on the blackmarket. To safe his mother's life. Chiko is smart and cheeky and he manages to impress Brownie (Moritz Bleibtreu), one of Hamburg's most dangerous drug dealers. Chiko gets the chance to show his skills and he is good in selling drugs...until Tibet fucks everything up. He wants the money for his mother at once. Brownie has his revenge on him. And Chiko, as Tibet's best friend, wants to have his revenge on Brownie...but he agrees on a new deal with Brownie instead, behind Tibet's back. While Chiko is successful, happily in love with Meryem (Reyhan Sahin, a.k.a. Lady Bitch Ray), appreciated by Brownie, and living the life he always wanted; Tibet is down on his luck. Jealousy and despair lead to an evil end of the friendship. If you like the genre, you will sit right with this movie. I was a bit disappointed. The male turkish world is hard for me to understand. See more 05/05/2011 decent enough and parts coming off well, a crime story about a guy tring to make his way up the ladder. his downfall and all that. so nothing fantastic or cutting edge about it, but good, entertaining and goes nicely, a film that does what it does See more 05/23/2010 An excellent German riff on Scarface. A very intense film with some great acting. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenager and his best friend look for respect by becoming gangsters.
Director
Özgür Yildirim
Producer
Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck
Screenwriter
Özgür Yildirim
Production Co
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) [de], Corazón International
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 14, 2009
Runtime
1h 32m