Dragon Trap is a 2010 Turkish crime-thriller film, directed by Uğur Yücel

Ugur Yücel

Uğur Yücel is a Turkish film actor, producer and director. He graduated from the Theater department at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory . He took part in several plays between 1975 and 1984 in Kenter Tiyatosu , Tef Kaber Theatre, Dormen Theatre, and Şan Müzikholü...

, about two detectives investigating a series of murders of released pedophiles, which was sponsored by the Istanbul Police Department. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010.

Production

The eight week shoot started on June 15, 2009 and included seven weeks in Istanbul

Istanbul

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...

 and one week in Erzincan

Erzincan

-Trivia:Erzincan has the largest man made of Portrait of Atatürk, located north of the city, 176m×43m. It covers 7,500 square meter. Turkish Army made it 1982, in 29 days by 3,000 soldier, 100 tons of black and white paint was used...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. A French team came to Turkey to contribute to the production.

Plot

Ensar (Nejat İşler) has turned into a ruthless death machine during his military service, during which he fought terrorists in numerous clashes in southeast Anatolia. Having just completed his compulsory military service, Ensar returns home, but on the very day he comes home, he finds out that while he was away, his 12-year-old sister was raped. Later, unable to cope with the trauma, the little girl hung herself at a mental asylum she was put in following the incident. In the meantime, Ensar’s hometown is shaken with a number of murders. Two skillful detectives from the homicide department, Abbas (Uğur Yücel) and “Akrep” Celal (Kenan İmirzalıoğlu), along with rookie Ezo (Berrak Tüzünataç) are assigned to investigate the murders. The case will be the last one Abbas has to solve before the retirement he has been anticipating for a long time to put into practice his plans to move to a quiet and far away place with his longtime girlfriend Cavidan (Ceyda Düvenci).

Cast

• Uğur Yücel
  Ugur Yücel
  Uğur Yücel is a Turkish film actor, producer and director. He graduated from the Theater department at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory . He took part in several plays between 1975 and 1984 in Kenter Tiyatosu , Tef Kaber Theatre, Dormen Theatre, and Şan Müzikholü...
  
   ('Çerkez' Abbas)
• Kenan İmirzalıoğlu
  Kenan İmirzalıoğlu
  -Biography:Kenan İmirzalıoğlu was born as the youngest of three children to Mustafa and Yıldız İmirzalıoğlu in the village of Üçem in Balâ, Ankara Province. At age 12, he moved to the city of Ankara for his middle studies. He graduated in Mathematics from Yıldız Technical University...
  
   ('Akrep' Celal)
• Nejat İşler
  Nejat İşler
  -Biography:Nejat İşler was born in Eyüp, İstanbul. He studied at Cağaloğlu Anadolu High School where he joined the theatre group. He did the photography course for two years at Yıldız Technical University before serving his military service. After finishing it, he worked for some time as a salesman...
  
   (Ensar)
• Berrak Tüzünataç
  Berrak Tüzünataç
  Berrak Tüzünataç is a Turkish actress and model.-Biography:Berrak Tüzünataç moved to İstanbul in 1995 with her family and attended Koç School. In 2004, she began studying Business Administration at Istanbul University. She worked as a presenter on Number One TV. She joined a model agency and took...
  
   (Ezo)
• Ceyda Düvenci (Cavidan)
• Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu (Ensar's mother)
• Ozan Güven
  Ozan Güven
  -Biography:Ozan Güven graduated in Modern Dance from Mimar Sinan University. He studied acting at the İzmir Municipal Conservatory after which he worked at the Şahika Tekand Theatre in İstanbul. Güven has appeared in the television series İkinci Bahar, Çiçeği Büyütmek, Koçum Benim, Aslı ve Kerem...
  
   (Remzi)
• İlker Aksum (Doctor)

Release

The film opened in 407 screens across Turkey on at number two in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $1,292,163.

Opening weekend gross

Date	Territory	Screens	Rank	Gross
	Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	407	2	$1,292,163
	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	55	18	$140,125
	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	9	21	$20,210

Box office

The film was number two at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and has made a total gross of $4,644,486.