A.R.O.G
A mischievous modern adventurer stranded in the Stone Age turns primitive tribal warfare into an exuberant Turkish science-fiction farce.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- witty
- playful
- group movie night
- comedy marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Arif is displaced one million years into the past and must navigate stone-age tribal life using modern assumptions and improvisation.
The film combines space-faring characters, time travel, and speculative settings with exaggerated comic reversals and genre spoofing.
Arif uses contemporary knowledge and references, including football-related ideas, while helping a prehistoric tribe.
Commander Logar deceives Arif and sends him one million years into the past, making the search for a way home the central drive.
Films like A.R.O.G, and why
Back to the Future
time-travel comedy, broad parody, and fish-out-of-water humor
The Flintstones
prehistoric adventure comedy with anachronistic jokes and affectionate genre spoofing
Galaxy Quest
absurd science fiction comedy driven by exaggerated characters and visual gags
Movie Details
- Directors
- Ali Taner Baltacı, Cem Yılmaz
- Release Date
- 2008-12-05
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (290)
Cast
- Cem Yılmaz
- Ozan Güven
- Özkan Uğur
- Nil Karaibrahimgil
- Zafer Algöz
- Özge Özberk
- Hasan Kaçan
- Muhittin Korkmaz
- Metin Keçeci
- Can Yılmaz
Common questions
- What is A.R.O.G about?
- A mischievous modern adventurer stranded in the Stone Age turns primitive tribal warfare into an exuberant Turkish science-fiction farce.
- What is A.R.O.G like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A.R.O.G as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A.R.O.G violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in A.R.O.G as mild.
- Which films are like A.R.O.G?
- Films with a similar feel include Back to the Future, The Flintstones, and Galaxy Quest.
