The Mountain II (2016) User Reviews

It was much better than I expected

[Beyyle · 7/10 · 15 November 2016]

I will be honest, 9.9 points too high. There is the influence of nationalism. If you have big expectations, you will be disappointed. If we vote worldwide, this movie 7,5/10 (Ok, OK... Still a little bit of nationalism ^^), but if we vote for Turkish cinema, this movie 9/10. This is a great, and different job for Turkish cinema. Apart from that, it's a classic war movie with some stereotypes, that's all. Don't expect anything different.

Yes, Dag II(Mountain II) a nice war movie. But, don't compare with American war movies that cost 100 million dollar. That would be unfair. Because, Dag II's budget 2.000.000 Turkish Lira, it means ~550.000 dollar. But, Dag II is the best job that can be done with this budget.

Explosion effects can be better but passable(budget). Uniforms, weapons, equipment are real, taken from Turkish Armed Forces.

The movie is starting perfectly. The action is perfect in the second half. The conflict scenes were pretty good.

Dag II isn't like the first movie. The Dag was a struggle for survival. But Dag II a heroic story. Dag II is a different and much bigger movie. These guys are specially trained to kill but they aren't emotionless machines. Dag II shows this very well. They stay in dilemma, do the right thing, or just do your task. It's a tough decision and it can change a lot of things.

I can not wait for Dag III. With a much larger budget, as a bigger movie.

Also, if you want to watch another military movie from Turkish cinema, you should watch "Nefes: Vatan Sagolsun". There is a different, emotional and very impressive theme.

Maybe, this is not something you can understand.

[huseyinparlar · 7/10 · 23 November 2019]

If you are not exposed to Turkish culture and atmosphere, you should not watch this film because there is nothing aimed at you. This film makes sense and bring home to only those people. I cannot say it is a 9 rated film but it is a decent film, maybe one of the best films ever made in Turkey. If you expect it will have some American or European cultural ideas, there is not even a mention and it will disappoint you at the end of the film. There is no intention to make a Turkish Army propaganda in the plot and I must say some of critics are stereotypically underestimating the Turkish Army which is not the one as same as in the film's so these all the comments are wrong (perhaps this is another disappointment for some people). They have only created a story about military soldiers and the messes they deal with and it is only a cinema film.

The Mission

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 4 November 2017]

A Turkish elite military squad commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Veysel Gökmusa (Murat Serezli) is assigned to rescue the Turkish journalist Ceyda Balaban (Ahu Türkpençe) that was kidnapped by rebels in Iraq. They succeed in their assignment but along their return journey they stumble upon a Turkish village that will be invaded soon. Veysel and his team live a dilemma: to accomplish their rescue mission or to defend the defenseless Turkish villagers.

"Dag II", a.k.a. "Mountain II", is an excellent Turkish film with the storyline of a secret military squad in a mission called "Storm Bringer" with the objective to rescue a Turkish journalist from Iraq. The soldiers are submitted to a tough training program but they become like a brotherhood. The non-chronological screenplay entwines past and present but for people like me that have not seen the first film, have difficulties to understand parts of the flashbacks. In addition, the lack of knowledge of the Turkish culture and the ethnic conflicts in that area makes difficulty for the viewer to understand the big picture. But "Dag II" is a great action film with feelings and should be nominated to the Oscar. My vote is eight.

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Best Turkish Movie Has Ever Made !

[misiribrahim10 · 10/10 · 5 November 2016]

I've seen the movie just a bit earlier and although my expectations were very high, this movie satisfied me very well. As we already know Turkish movie sector has lack of visual effects. That is actually the reason behind why we usually don't enjoy Turkish Action kind of films. But in this movie we see lots of great examples of best visual effects. And also it has its own realistic scenes as well. The connection between soldiers were so great, enthusiastic and natural. Also the connection between the first movie with this one was great so this movie actually deserves its rate. Besides from good visual and sound effects the movie has also its own story-line which was perfect. As I mentioned before even though my expectations were really high this movie is even beyond my expectations. Thanks for letting us joy this kind of masterpiece Mr. Alper Caglar.

- Expectations were high -

[matty-j-b · 17 September 2018]

I enjoyed the movie..... but there is NO WAY it should have a rating that high... which calls into question the validity of the reviews. Obvious Turkish propoganda but the final battle scene was well done. Acting was very good but the tone was a bit too dramatic for me. Mediocre film with the rating of a mecca film... Personally I think there are only a select-few movies that warrant a rating above a 9: Pulp Fiction GoodFellas The Lord of the Rings Trilogy The Dark Knight Godfathers Part 1 & 2 Shawshank Redmption Psycho Rear Window Inception The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly..... No way The Mountain II ranks amongst those titans..... Can't score lower though because in all honesty the production was very well done and was a very believable setpiece.

Just amazing!

[agirmete · 10/10 · 6 November 2016]

The Turkish producers and directors are doing their job well at the moment! Look at this movie! It is just terrific! I liked the first part of this movie, but the second part is much more better than the first one. They used real artillery, helicopters and real machine guns and rifles in this movie! The MPT76 is the first national Turkish assault rifle and they used it in cooperation with the gun factory MKE. The actors got real military training for a few months before shooting this film in order to increase the realness and always used real military gear and equipment during the shootings! Just go and watch it, you won't regret it!

A masterpiece from Turkey about military forces eventually

[teslarator · 10/10 · 13 November 2016]

I was the one who was thinking about this movie as predictable and cliché besides I have never seen a good military movie from Turkey except one or two films (e.g. Nefes). However I must say , this movie is quite successful with respect to other Turkish or high budget Hollywood films. Furthermore , visual effects are pretty good at overall.

Scenario includes not only war or strategic stuff but also amusement and drama.Beside It has actual topics like conflict between religions or beliefs of native people or minorities all over the middle east. Moreover it touches on ISIS factor properly and objectively.

The excellence of the maroon berets

[bugiej · 10/10 · 10 January 2017]

After serving in the united states army for 19 years i got to admit:

Either these actors have been serving the army twice the amount of time i did.

Or these actors are natural born killers with their weapons skills.

They have taken the role of the maroon berets (which i trained with during the Nato exercises in Germany) very adequately.

Nice and realistic i prefer more of these kinds of movies. The more realistic war movies are the better.

Of course i gave the ten stars for what Turkey has in movie making.

If it were a Hollywood movie i would have given it 10 stars for realism and 7 stars for the special effects.

Nice movie with badass soldiers how it's suppose to be!

Waiting for the third movie where they show a war on a bigger scale with more of these kinds of soldiers :P

And to be honest it kinda motivated me to join the Euphrates shield operation as a volunteer but wouldn't feel safe between those Ahrar al sham jihadists lol. They might accidentally hit me with an rpg or something

Best Turkish war-action film

[mustafaaksoy1955 · 10/10 · 21 November 2016]

This film is best Turkish war-action film which includes like Hollywood-quality scenes, soldier conversations. The movie has really good effect and weapon quality.Because the film used real TSK* weapon, ammo and helicopters.Also film budget is 588 thousand American dollar. This is not too much. As we know, action, war(drama) films costs a lot.So I would like to congratulate the movie budget which is not too much.The last but not the least , i liked the film soundtrack but, i think many foreign people can't understand the soundtrack's mean.For this movie my favourite music is "Duman-Kolay Değildir". (*TSK means Turkish Armed Forces) Topic:9/10 Acting:10/10 Visual Effects:10/10

realistic film

[hasanonay-60617 · 10/10 · 13 November 2016]

this film is very realistic that is why I scored 10 of 10. I have found something in this film from my military service memories.May be some people who are from Europe or US can not predict that many of Turkish Young People have experience same as dag II film. There is no inappropriate scene or unusual something, almost it is completely real. I suggest to watch this film to all IMDb members.As known ,sometimes our country is under pressure about political issues but this film can prove what Turkish Soldiers do in the Middle East.All the world can understand our purpose by even watching this film. This is who we are and what we want to do.Thank to all staff of dag II film.Congratulations !

Overrated? YES, Bad movie? NO

[loickgnl · 6/10 · 26 August 2018]

Soooooooooo let's talk about this movie... I think like many of viewers I got catfished by the 9/10 rating. Let's be clear on that, it does not deserve it.

SCENARIO : 5/10 - Zero risks.

First of all, the scenario. Dag 2 applies the same rhythm than most of the war movies. It starts with a simple mission justifying the presence of the characters in the area (first part of the movie), then an event occurs that will make us wonder how the characters are going to react (second part of the movie), finally the characters made a decision and there comes the big battle we have been waiting for (last part of the movie) where we wonder if the characters will survive. This is the common "cliché" on how to build a war movie but that does not imply that every movie following this structure will be a bad movie. For instance, "Black Hawk down" follows the exact same structure and still have been rated 7,7/10.

MESSAGES: 6/10 - Not original but at least it isn't just a "Boom, Boom" movie.

We have been talking about the 3 parts of the movie in the scenario but there is actually a fourth part. Indeed, scattered across the whole movie, this part deals with the story of the three main characters (the commander and two soldiers). What is their shared history? Why did they join the special forces? How did they join those special forces? We also have the usual thoughts of every war movies (sacrifice, fallen comrades, follow the mission or follow your heart?). Again, those subjects are pretty common in a war movie. However, a good point about this movie is that it doesn't make the mistake of forgetting about the main characters suffering in a war: the civilians. The issue in my opinion is that bringing the civilian issue into a "one sided" movie automatically brings a kind of propaganda feeling simplifying a war conflict into a fight between good and evil. It might be naïve from me to think that it is possible to avoid that however I always keep in mind the example of "Kingdom of Heaven" which is as far as I know the movie proving that it is possible in a way.

ESTHETIC (camera and soundtrack): 7/10

Not gonna fully develop this part. Let's just say it is simple and effective even if you see that the flash of the rifles has been added post filming. For the soundtrack, it is the usual orchestral ones coupled with more recent ones.

GENERAL OPINION: 6/10

"Dag 2" is not a great movie. Everything is pretty common in that movie which did not manage to surprise me. Also, and that is purely subjective, this movie does not give any explanations on the conflict which is bothering me a lot. Indeed, this movie could have been a great opportunity to explain to the world the Turkish view on that war. After the movie, I had the feeling you could just replace the Turkish insignias by American insignias, it would not impact the movie at all. Also, by applying the usual "cliché" to the characters, it is difficult to really care about them since you saw a lot of those personalities die in other movies.

Therefore, does that mean "Dag 2" is a bad movie? NO! I have seen a lot of comments giving a 1/10 rate for that movie just because it was overrated (and it was). In my opinion, those comments are mistaking. If you look just at the movie, you will see a pretty decent war movie following the common standards. Therefore when you rate that movie you are rating the whole war movie genre. "Dag 2" is a decent movie, do not reschedule anything in your agenda to watch it because it will not surprise you however, if you just want to spend some time in front of your TV, watch it.

Finally, I must conclude on two positive points about that movie. The first one was the ability of the movie to manage the silence. This is in my opinion the most difficult challenge. Without silence, you just have a succession of actions, you don't have time to really develop the characters' personality (even if "Dag 2" took the time for that, it still failed me on that part XD) and at the end you just have a "Boom, boom" movie. The second good point is that, to be completely honest, I never saw a Turkish movie it its entirety. "Dag 2" was the first one and I think that is a good achievement that will make me keep an eye on future productions.

There we go guys, I hope this review has been usefull!

MOUNTAIN II , don't miss

[healthyschool · 10/10 · 5 December 2016]

This movie is far beyond my expectation.The casting is amazing. This time Turkish actors have done great job! Amost all the things are true on the movie Turkey is like a gate for Europe and Turkish people are saving us from terrorists. In Turkey there is a special forces( bordo bereliler), almost every competition among army forces from different countries they are coming first. Check and see the truth. I give this movie my highest recommendation. MOUNTAIN II is a movie that makes you realize how life is precious and how honor and duty, though they are deep philosophical concepts that are praised in battle, can put you in jeopardy of losing your life for something you may not believe in.

If you have the chance to see this masterpiece, do so. If you start watching it is very hard to stop. Definitely one of the best battle movies out there. Hope we can see Mountain III following year.

Quite good movie.

[dennyhwang · 7/10 · 17 January 2021]

I always believe if you want to evaluate a movie fairly, you should look at the movie itself, not something behind it.

This movie is quite good, I have to say, but there are still obvious shortages. The storyline, some acting, some plot design, got room to improve. It's good but not good enough, so I rated 7.

Average 8.8? That's too high. Shame on those who put -ism into their judgement to a movie.

100.000 up votes and 50 reviews. Do not trust this.

[boris-181 · 3/10 · 16 September 2017]

Movie is pure propaganda and the current reviews are just not right at all. There is just not a good reason for this movie to be so up voted. So yes it has his moment, drama, some good ideas and the fighting can be really intense. But all in all this movie is surely not a master piece.

This has been the most seen movie in 2016 in Turkey but honestly I do not see how that can be a movie who get so high rated. Smells fishy.

The Magnificent Seven

[Argyll12 · 9 February 2020]

A modern Turkish version of the classic. Very good display of military tactics and weapons and, yes, exactly seven guys (albeit Special Forces) to hold off 200+ heavily armed Daesh with a tank who are attacking a previously defenseless village..

Remember this line:

"There is only one righteous reason in war: Defending the innocent."

Harika

[mrtlln · 10/10 · 8 November 2016]

After watching the first film DAG, the second one must be drawn, I came out From the film. We waited, waited and waited. Your first trailer It seemed to be a non-traditional Turkish film. Life dialogues of Bekir's Oguz are a scenarios It offers us a section through it. That's also the film in's distinguishing Features. I liked it very much. My eyes filled the scene really. Director Alper Caglar starts work on the DAG III, the sequel to this film. I'm essentially looking forward to a DARBE movie. Alper CAGLAR explanation comes in the coming days. Congratulations . After watching the first film DAG, the second one must be drawn, I came out From the film. We waited, waited and waited. Your first trailer It seemed to be a non-traditional Turkish film. Life dialogues of Bekir's Oguz are a scenarios It offers us a section through it. That's also the film in's distinguishing Features. I liked it very much. My eyes filled the scene really. Director Alper Caglar starts work on the DAG III, the sequel to this film. I'm essentially looking forward to a DARBE movie. Alper CAGLAR explanation comes in the coming days. Congratulations

Must watchable, best film

[catchuanbu · 8/10 · 5 March 2020]

I saw this without seeing the first part but still I thoroughly enjoyed the film. The Mountain II shows perspective on both sides both civilian, the military and the journalist. It shows also why journalist do what they do show the cruelty that is in the world and why they criticize violence against violence and human rights. It shows also the civilians who fall in between as victims and the conflict of standing by to do your duty or doing what you know is right. The Mountain II is movie that makes you realize how life is precious and how honour and duty.

The explanation by the team leader to this fellow commando on saving the journalist was top notch. Even the contents of the letter which team leader gives to journalist was very well done.

In this movie we see a lots of great examples of best visual effects. And also it has its own realistic scenes as well. The connection between soldiers were so great, enthusiastic and natural.

I give this movie my highest recommendation. If you want to watch military movie from Turkish cinema, you should watch this movie. Must watchable movie.

Awesome

[ayyildizrdm · 10/10 · 16 November 2016]

I have never ever watched like this movie before in Turkey. I strongly suggest to all of you watch The Mountain. Video effects, sounds, actors, stages and the other things are excellent. There are no exaggeration in this movie, everything about Turkish Special Forces is real. They are trained perfectly on the subjects that land force,air force,naval force, medical, bomb prepare and extermination, two or more foreign language, intruder mission, evasion and escape. They do special and direct mission always. If they abandon from the borders most probably there are huge things there, and will be solved by Turkish Special Forces. I'm really proud of them. They are hero of the Turkey.

Watched it by mistake - enjoyed throughly

[haroldwilson66 · 9/10 · 4 July 2020]

So, I started watching 'Brothers in Arms' on Prime Video - but it was actually Mountain 2 - wrongly labelled on Prime Video!

I wanted to watch an action War type movie - so carried on watching and thoroughly enjoyed it,

Hoping they release Mountain 1 on Amazon or Netflix- will keep an eye out.

Yes it is cheesy in places - but no more so than any similar Hollywood movie.

The action is impressive, the acting is solid, the direction is first class, the special effects are brilliant and the cinematography awesome.

[Fella_shibby · 10/10 · 10 August 2018]

I saw this without seeing the first part but still i thoroughly enjoyed this film. At times the flashbacks were a bit confusing but as the film progressed, i understood everything. The action is impressive, the acting is solid, the direction is first class, the special effects are brilliant and the cinematography awesome. I dont kno the names of the actors but all of em did a terrific job. The film is very realistic n u feel the tension once the enemy surrounds the elite commandos. In fact the acting of the entire commando team was so good n convincing that i felt sad for each one of em after they get surrounded. Basically the plot is a bit similar to Saving private Ryan but this film is more about patriotism n protecting homeland rather than invading another country. This film is more about risking lives for a principle, more about protecting one's countrymen even if those countrymen are against u. The explanation by the team leader to his fellow commando on saving the journalist was top notch. Even the contents of the letter which the team leader gives to the journalist was very well done.

Great job!

[sinanburakakyol · 10/10 · 15 November 2016]

This movie first time supported from Turkish Armed Forces. If you don't understand subject this movie watch first movie named The Mountain.

Effects and actings is awesome!

In this movie used Turkish local weapons named Combat Rifle MPT- 76,Bora-12 Sniper Rifle and Tusas Shotgun UTS-15. All local product.

Combat Rifle MPT-76 and Bora-12 Sniper Rifle using in Turkish Armed Forces.

Don't be late , watch it and learn!

You will not regret it never.

I hope you will enjoy it.

A Turkish Seven Samurai on a mountain top? It works.

[tomgoblin-44620 · 7/10 · 11 March 2021]

Couldn't figure our exactly who they were fighting. ISIS, Kurds ???

Interesting that they were doing it all with US weapons.

The take away is that SPECOPS are SPECOPS whether they be US or Turkish (Who I suspect they were US trained) but each nation has its own national flavor as to how they conduct operations. This leads to some good insights into Turkish (government approved) culture.

Turkish propaganda? Absolutely.

But a good action flick with a lot of the right buttons pushed? Yeah.

I Liked it.

The Best Militarist Film Ever!

[seheraras · 10/10 · 13 November 2016]

The first film(The Mountain) of this serial was great. I really liked it. I thought to gonna watch second one( The Mountain 2) I looked forward to see it for a long time and it deserves all compliments. The visual factors are efficient at this point; the real weapons from the Turkish Armed Forces are used in filming. You feel the war in the Middle East. How ISIS executes innocent people mercilessly. When you see the situation from victims' eyes, it is like a horror movie. You see it like this, but those people experience it. just think about it. At least, The honorable Turkish Army try to save lives as much as they they can do. You should see it!

Pretty good for what it is

[deanocware · 7/10 · 24 November 2020]

This movie certainly is not an eight or 10 star movie. It is pretty good for what it is. Which is your typical special forces team sent to free a prisoner from terrorist and who must make it with her to the extraction point along the way they come across some innocents caught in the middle and have to decide whether to strictly stick with the mission or stay and defend the innocents. You can pretty much figure out what happens after that. The reason I do not rate it higher than a seven is because of everything in between where the film uses flashbacks of the soldiers training and tries to correlate it to events happening on the mission. I thought this was way too drug out and really distracted from the actual mission which was the best part of the movie. Top all of that off with a heavy dose of Turkish propaganda and you get a Turkish version of Acts of Valor. That being said and without giving away any spoilers the last battle scene was somewhat incredulous.

Something smells fishy

[friednagolem · 1/10 · 29 May 2018]

Not worth 9+ stars, not even worth 2. People who came here because of the rating, don't bother watching. It's a waste of time folks, go do something else