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Movie Info

A teenager and his best friend look for respect by becoming gangsters.

Genre:

crime, drama
Original Language:

German
Director:

Özgür Yildirim
Producer:

Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck
Writer:

Özgür Yildirim
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 14, 2009
Runtime:

1h 32m
Production Co:

Corazón International, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) [de]

Cast & Crew

Denis Moschitto
Chiko

Moritz Bleibtreu
Brownie

Volkan Özcan
Tibet

Fahri Ögün Yardim
Curly

Reyhan Sahin
Meryem

Lilay Huser
Tibets Mutter

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Critic Reviews for Chiko

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (7)

This is frankly pretty cliched stuff.

August 24, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
It'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.

August 24, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Despite 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.

August 24, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Cosmo Landesman
Times (UK)
Something more than just a thriller - a film as accurate and hard-nosed as it needs to be.

August 24, 2009 | Rating: 3/5

Rich Cline
London Evening Standard
Impressive directorial skills, if a trite plotline, are on offer in Turkish-German writer-director zgr Yildirim's occasionally violent debut feature.

August 21, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Wally Hammond
Time Out
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August 21, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Daily Telegraph (UK)
... its uneven blend of social criticism, domestic drama and gangster tragedy illustrates just how difficult it is to capture that distinctive Scarface quality.

September 27, 2017 | Full Review…

Pamela Jahn
Electric Sheep
Chiko's German boss, Moritz Bleibtreu confirms his reputation as one of Europe's most compelling younger film actors.

August 24, 2009 | Full Review…

Philip French
Observer (UK)
Never does the plot deviate from its almost pre-ordained course and as we witness the rise and fall of Chiko not once is there a surprise in store to ramp up the interest.

August 24, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Tim Evans
Sky Cinema
The film has little new to offer but Ozgr Yildirim directs with assurance.

August 24, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Allan Hunter
Daily Express (UK)
The feature debut of writer/director zgr 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.

August 21, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Dawson
Total Film
The final scenes simply lack the necessary weight to turn Chiko into something profound, affecting, or entirely memorable.

August 21, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Mark Ramshaw
Filmstar Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Chiko

May 05, 2011

decent enough and parts coming off well, a crime story about a guy tring to make his way up the ladder. his downfall and all that. so nothing fantastic or cutting edge about it, but good, entertaining and goes nicely, a film that does what it does

scott g Super Reviewer
Nov 06, 2008

Possessed of innate street smarts and a dead-eyed stare, Chiko (Denis Moschitto) dreams of success in the drug trade. His chief liability is combustible best ÂbroÂ Tibet (Volkan Ozcan), a blustery fighter who canÂt grasp the big picture. TibetÂs mom ...( read more)(Lilay Huser) is undergoing kidney treatments, and the young men chafe at being unable to do more to help her. Setting his sights on a job with violent local drug kingpin and gregarious family man Brownie (Moritz Bleibtreu), Chiko elbows his hapless mule out of the way and earns the formidable task of moving a great deal of weed in a short time. The only caveat: The product must be sold from an apartment, not on the street. When Tibet breaks this rule and is spotted selling at a schoolyard, BrownieÂs subsequent discipline --a nail in the foot -- drives a wedge between the two friends that rears its ugly head when Chiko becomes BrownieÂs successful cocaine lieutenant and Tibet sinks into a drug-fuelled anger that manifests itself in revenge.

kevin j Super Reviewer