Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoglu (2019)

A touching and inspiring story of a- probably one of the most succesfull - sports man in 20th century, acting and directing is well above standards, but script has so many cliches, which in some scenes , changes the direction of the film from a well shooted biograpy to a nationalist epic show which only can attract local Turkish viewers. This story could be a worldwide blockbuster , I am afraid, will not manage to do so...

Fmovies: What did i mean? 1. The movie isn't dramatized too much. Generally movie shows what's happening without effects. 2. The movie is very royal to real events. 3. Unlike most of the movie, 'bad guys' are not dumb, and they are not doing childish mistakes. 4. Acting is phenomenal.

Of course, the movie is not perfect: 1. Movie is way too nationalist. As the other reviewer said, this could be a successful global movie. But...This movie is only for us, Turks. However, the movie is not boring like Mountain 2- so i'm still recommending this. 2. The story goes too shallow, too superficial sometimes. More technical dialogues would be very good. 3. It's not exciting as you think. Unexpectedly, it's like a biography documentary.

Notes: -"People's Republic of Bulgaria", that's how movie introduces Bulgaria. The directors sensitivity deserves an applause. -I oftenly used Google Translate for this review, sorry for the weird english :D.

Real life story of Naim Suleymanoglu. Perfect movie.

Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoglu fmovies. This is the true story of every Turk's childhood hero who have lived through 1980s. Naim Süleymanoglu is the world weightlifting champion who won gold medals in every competition he participated and became the pride of Turks. He had a difficult life as he was born in Bulgaria as Turkish minority and lived under the dictatorship of Bulgarian communist party. Turkish government made several attempts to bring him to Turkey.

As far as the movie is concerned, the events are a hundred percent historically accurate. The script is written with minute details. The performance of both young and adult Naim are praiseworthy. Most scenes are blended with great songs and they drew me back to past. This film is an outstanding achievement.

You need to watch if you wonder about a heros life.

The plot, actors, music affected me deeply for days... This is the first time l write a review for a movie. You should definetely watch it!