
Loyalty between two friends is stretched to its limit by one's deception.... (Full plot summary below)
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Loyalty between two friends is stretched to its limit by one's deception.
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| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyIt'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. |
| european-films.netBoyd van HoeijA gentle character sketch gradually makes way for a high-energy tale of loyalty and betrayal that is perhaps rife with clichés but works because Yildirim has established his characters properly. |
| Film4Anton BitelIn Özgür Yildirim's vibrant thriller, the exigencies of genre clash with the realities of Germany's urban multiculturalism - but a bland central performance, and a paucity of surprises, hinder its rise to the top of the drug-movie hierarchy. |
| Total FilmTom DawsonThe feature debut of writer/director Özgür Yildirim, Chiko may offer a familiar account of ambition, excess and revenge in the narcotics biz, but it's executed with assurance and acted with force. |
| London Evening StandardRich ClineSomething more than just a thriller - a film as accurate and hard-nosed as it needs to be. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterThe film has little new to offer but Ozgür Yildirim directs with assurance. |
| Times (UK)Cosmo LandesmanDespite 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. |
| Filmstar MagazineMark RamshawThe final scenes simply lack the necessary weight to turn Chiko into something profound, affecting, or entirely memorable. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchChiko's German boss, Moritz Bleibtreu confirms his reputation as one of Europe's most compelling younger film actors. |
| Electric SheepPamela Jahn... its uneven blend of social criticism, domestic drama and gangster tragedy illustrates just how difficult it is to capture that distinctive Scarface quality. |