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3 Giant Men is a 1973 Turkish cult action film, directed by T. Fikret Uçak and written by Doğan Tamer based on the characters created by Steve Ditko
, Jack Kirby
, Stan Lee
, Joe Simon
and Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, featuring Aytekin Akkaya as Captain America
and Yavuz Selekman as Santo
called to Istanbul on a special mission to stop the villainous Spider-Man
and his criminal gang. The film, which went on nationwide general release across the country on , was completely unauthorised by the copyright owners of the characters depicted.
, where a violent criminal organization led by Spider-Man
("Spider's Gang") surfaces in the city with counterfeit United States dollar
s. A small task-force consisting of Captain America
, Santo
and Captain America's girlfriend Julia arrives to help local police stop Spider-Man and his gang.
Captain America's girlfriend, who has infiltrated Spider-Man's hideout, is captured and taken to a house in a remote location. She manages to send an SOS
signal to Cap. Captain America saves Julia and chases after Spider-Man, who manages to escape.
Meanwhile, Mexico
's national superhero/wrestler, Santo, infiltrates the dojo
that is used as a front for counterfeiting. After being captured, he manages to escape along with incriminating evidence.
Captain and Santo raid a very important hideout where most of the counterfeiting operation is taking place. They manage to shut down the hideout while Spider-Man kills a couple, steals a statue and runs away.
Soon afterwards, another fight between heroes and Spider-Man begins. Spider-Man somehow "resurrects" himself over and over after his death. He is beaten to a pulp by Santo and strangled to death by Captain but reappears again and manages to escape.
Captain America and Santo decide to go undercover in a club. Spider-Man's gang notice them and a fight occurs. The heroes are seemingly overpowered this time and are taken to Spider-Man's hideout. Once there they act like they are fighting themselves to confuse their captors but manage to break out and eliminate most of the gang members. Spider-Man flees, with Captain America in hot pursuit.
As he catches up to Spider-Man, Spider-Man again resurrects himself multiple times but is seemingly killed.
As the heroes are about to leave Istanbul, Captain America sees the face of Spider-Man in a taxi and furiously runs and removes the mask of the person in the car, realizing that it was a kid wearing a toy mask.
Steve Ditko
Stephen J. "Steve" Ditko is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the artist co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange....
, Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....
, Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
, Joe Simon
Joe Simon
Joseph Henry "Joe" Simon is an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.With his...
and Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, featuring Aytekin Akkaya as Captain America
Captain America
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
and Yavuz Selekman as Santo
Santo
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta , more widely known as El Santo , was a Mexican Luchador enmascarado , film actor, and folk icon....
called to Istanbul on a special mission to stop the villainous Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
and his criminal gang. The film, which went on nationwide general release across the country on , was completely unauthorised by the copyright owners of the characters depicted.
Plot
The story takes place in IstanbulIstanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, where a violent criminal organization led by Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
("Spider's Gang") surfaces in the city with counterfeit United States dollar
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
s. A small task-force consisting of Captain America
Captain America
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
, Santo
Santo
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta , more widely known as El Santo , was a Mexican Luchador enmascarado , film actor, and folk icon....
and Captain America's girlfriend Julia arrives to help local police stop Spider-Man and his gang.
Captain America's girlfriend, who has infiltrated Spider-Man's hideout, is captured and taken to a house in a remote location. She manages to send an SOS
SOS
SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal...
signal to Cap. Captain America saves Julia and chases after Spider-Man, who manages to escape.
Meanwhile, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
's national superhero/wrestler, Santo, infiltrates the dojo
Dojo
A is a Japanese term which literally means "place of the way". Initially, dōjōs were adjunct to temples. The term can refer to a formal training place for any of the Japanese do arts but typically it is considered the formal gathering place for students of any Japanese martial arts style to...
that is used as a front for counterfeiting. After being captured, he manages to escape along with incriminating evidence.
Captain and Santo raid a very important hideout where most of the counterfeiting operation is taking place. They manage to shut down the hideout while Spider-Man kills a couple, steals a statue and runs away.
Soon afterwards, another fight between heroes and Spider-Man begins. Spider-Man somehow "resurrects" himself over and over after his death. He is beaten to a pulp by Santo and strangled to death by Captain but reappears again and manages to escape.
Captain America and Santo decide to go undercover in a club. Spider-Man's gang notice them and a fight occurs. The heroes are seemingly overpowered this time and are taken to Spider-Man's hideout. Once there they act like they are fighting themselves to confuse their captors but manage to break out and eliminate most of the gang members. Spider-Man flees, with Captain America in hot pursuit.
As he catches up to Spider-Man, Spider-Man again resurrects himself multiple times but is seemingly killed.
As the heroes are about to leave Istanbul, Captain America sees the face of Spider-Man in a taxi and furiously runs and removes the mask of the person in the car, realizing that it was a kid wearing a toy mask.
Depiction of characters
- SantoSantoRodolfo Guzmán Huerta , more widely known as El Santo , was a Mexican Luchador enmascarado , film actor, and folk icon....
: Most "normally" depicted character (compared to Spider-Man and Captain America). The primary difference between this version of El Santo and the original is that the character in the film only briefly wears a wrestling mask, whereas the "real" Santo was never seen in public without one. Santo was famous during the '60s, and he was very well known in Turkey. There is even a statue of him outside a movie theater in Istanbul.
- Captain AmericaCaptain AmericaCaptain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
: Played by Aytekin Akkaya, an action star, Captain is little more faithfully depicted. He also has a girlfriend with him whose identity is never explained in the movie. Just like he is shown in the poster, he doesn't have his shield and his mask lacks the wings on the side of his head.
- Spider-ManSpider-ManSpider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
: Most notoriously depicted character. Spider-Man in this movie definitely doesn't look like his real official self. The costume used in the movie (as opposed to the one used on the poster) has many flaws: it has no web patterns (or at least they are so poorly done that they are invisible on most transfers of the film), the blue parts of his costume are actually painted light green, he wears black leather gloves, a leather belt and black leather boots, he doesn't look athletic like Peter ParkerSpider-ManSpider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
(the actor playing him has a pot-belly), the Spider symbol on his chest and back is drawn incorrectly, his mask doesn't have lenses in the eye sockets and, most importantly, he has extremely long eyebrows that extend beyond his mask. His personality is also not like the real Spider-Man. He is depicted as a psychopathic murderer and ruthless gang leader with a knack for sadistic laughs. It is unknown why the writer and director depicted Spider-Man as a villain. His girlfriend, named Nadia, is as deranged and ruthless as himself. The strength, agility, and other standard powers of the legitimate Spider-Man are not present in the film. Unlike in the film's poster, he never uses his webs in combat, preferring brute force and whatever he can find to dispatch his opponents, such as a switchblade. Although he is not seen crawling walls, at one point in the movie he can be seen entering a house by crawling through a drain pipe. His only unusual ability shown is the apparent power to come back unharmed from death multiple times.