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The Mountain II (Dağ 2)

The Mountain II (Dağ 2)

Movie · 2016 · 9 people

Alper Çağlar wrote and directed Dağ 2, a Turkish war and action drama released internationally as The Mountain II and also known as Brothers in Arms. It reached cinemas on November 4, 2016, as a follow-up to his 2012 film Dağ. About 3.6 million people saw it, making it the most-watched film of 2016. Its budget grew tenfold from the first film's 170,000 liras to 1.7 million. Filming used real weapons and armored vehicles, with special permission from the Turkish Armed Forces.

The story picks up six years after Oğuz and Bekir escaped captivity in the first film. Çağlar Ertuğrul plays Lieutenant Oğuz Çağlar and Ufuk Bayraktar plays Sergeant Bekir Özbey. The pair join the Special Forces 8th Combat Search and Rescue Team and are sent to free journalist Ceyda Balaban, played by Ahu Türkpençe, who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group in northern Iraq. This time several forces fight one another across the harsh terrain.

Besides writing and directing, Çağlar edited and produced the film, and Mehmet Başaran shot it. One reviewer called it a sincere story of comradeship, and it returned to cinemas on August 1, 2025.

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

The Mountain II is one of the most solid Turkish action films around. Shooting with real weapons and armored vehicles gives the set pieces genuine weight. Having not one but several hostile forces in the rugged terrain of northern Iraq keeps the tension alive throughout. The comradeship of Oğuz and Bekir adds feeling between the firefights. The one drawback: it is long and sags a little in the middle.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

With Alper Çağlar handling script, direction, editing and production himself, The Mountain II is an ambitious genre piece that puts its tenfold budget increase over the first film on screen. Shooting on 35 mm and Mehmet Başaran's cinematography turn the landscape into a character, and the spatial clarity of the combat scenes is rare in Turkish war films. But running everything single-handedly has its price in the edit: some scenes are held longer than they need to be and the pace drops at times. The characters barely deepen beyond the theme of comradeship, and the opposing forces mostly remain functional. For anyone after a homegrown war film, the stop to make is the combat scenes, where the landscape becomes a character.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

The Mountain II has plenty of war and combat, and the mood stays tense from start to finish. It is too harsh for young children. It suits adults and older teens who like soldier stories. The message of friendship and sacrifice is strong, and that part is good. With its heavy violence, it isn't for everyone at home.

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