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I just watched one of the most entertaining action films I've seen in a long time. It's a Turkish film called En büyük yumruk from 1983 starring Cüneyt Arkin, who I'm sure is familiar to all fans of Turkish schlock cinema. I have no idea what the plot of the film is, but it's pretty irrelevant when you've got countless action scenes of Arkin and his female sidekick beating up bad guys. This is one of the most action packed films I've ever seen, since there's an action scene every 5-10 minutes. Most of them have the hero doing his awesome Cüneyt-Fu to beat up baddies wearing ski masks. I'm sure the reason they all wear ski masks is because it's probably the same stuntmen in every fight. There's also two car chases that are entirely lifted from other movies.

Yes, one notable thing about this film is that it shamelessly steals footage from countless other films. Almost every action scene has shots lifted from Hollywood or Hong Kong action films. I recognized footage from Charles Bronson's The Stone Killer and from a couple of Bond movies. I'm sure all of the music is also stolen, but I only recognized Morricone's score from My Name is Nobody.

Here's a few scenes from YouTube for your enjoyment.

The first big fight.

Another fight scene with Arkin doing awesome flips.

A flashback. There's no sound, but it's still worth watching till the end.

The finale.

Here's the entire film at YouTube.