Dragon Trap

{{Infobox film

| name = Dragon Trap

| image = Ejder kapani.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Uğur Yücel

| producer = Erol Avcı

| writer = Kubilay Tat

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Uğur Yücel|Kenan İmirzalıoğlu|Nejat İşler|Berrak Tüzünataç|Ceyda Düvenci}}

| cinematography = Tolga Kutlar

| music = Soner Akalın

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|1|22}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = Turkey

| language = Turkish

| budget =

| gross = $4,644,486

}}

Dragon Trap ({{langx|tr|Ejder Kapanı}}) is a 2010 Turkish crime-thriller film, directed by Uğur Yücel, 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 {{start date|2010|1|22}}, is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010.{{cite web|title=70 Domestic Productions to Debut This Season |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-184991-70-domestic-productions-to-debut-this-season.html |work=Today's Zaman |accessdate=2010-02-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428074229/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-184991-70-domestic-productions-to-debut-this-season.html |archivedate=2014-04-28 }}

Production

The eight-week shoot started on June 15, 2009 and included seven weeks in Istanbul and one week in Erzincan, Turkey.{{cite web |title=Uğur Yücel Set to Wrap up Filming on New Crime Thriller |first= |last= |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-181414-ugur-yucel-set-to-wrap-up-filming-on-new-crime-thriller.html |work=Today's Zaman |date= |accessdate=2010-02-18 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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 hanged 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 ('Çerkez' Abbas)
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu ('Akrep' Celal)
Nejat İşler (Ensar)
Berrak Tüzünataç (Ezo)
Ceyda Düvenci (Cavidan)
Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu (Ensar's mother)
Ozan Güven (Remzi)
İlker Aksum (Doctor)

Release

The film opened in 407 screens across Turkey on {{start date|2010|01|22}} at number two in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $1,292,163.{{cite web |title=Ejder Kapani |first= |last= |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fEJDERKAPANI01&country=TR&wk=2010W4&id=_fEJDERKAPANI01&p=.htm |work=Box Office Mojo |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}

Date	Territory	Screens	Rank	Gross
class="wikitable sortable" align="center" style="margin:auto;" \|+ Opening weekend gross
{{start date\|2010\|01\|22}} \| Turkey \| 407 \| 2 \| $1,292,163
{{start date\|2010\|01\|28}} \| Germany \| 55 \| 18 \| $140,125
{{start date\|2010\|01\|29}} \| Austria \| 9 \| 21 \| $20,210