The Mountain II

2016 Turkish film

The Mountain II

Directed by| Alper Çağlar
Produced by| Alper Çağlar
Mars Entertainment Group
Starring| Çağlar Ertuğrul
Ufuk Bayraktar
Murat Serezli
Ahu Türkpençe
Atılgan Gümüş
Murat Arkın
Emir Benderlioğlu
Ahmet Pınar
Armağan Oğuz
Açelya Özcan
Bedii Akın
Uğur Özarslan

Release date

* November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)

Running time

| 135 minutes
Country| Turkey
Language| Turkish
Budget| ₺1,700,000
Box office| ₺40,614,711[1]

The Mountain II (Turkish: Dağ II), also known as Brothers in Arms, is a Turkish drama and action film directed by Alper Çağlar in 2016. It is a sequel to The Mountain, which was released in 2012. The film was first screened at theatres on November 4, 2016.[2][3]

## Plot

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Ceyda, a journalist, is abducted by ISIS terrorists in northern Iraq while she is covering a story on Yezidi people and their story of long-suffering and abandonment. A Turkish special forces team of seven headed by Commander Veysel flies out to rescue her. We see the events through the eyes of Oğuz as the film begins in medias res. His flashbacks show us the life and memories of these men up until they came to the rescue mission. Oğuz and Bekir are best of friends and was saved by two Special Force commandos who laid their lives on the line for Oğuz and Bekir which is a determining factor in their joining the force.

Ceyda is rescued from her ISIS captors seconds before death by the special forces team after which they start moving along to the mountain to the LZ (landing zone), from where they will be airlifted. On their way, they encounter a group of rebels who are torturing the Yezidis and Iraqi Turks, they rescue a girl in her teens and a woman being tortured by ISIS terrorists. They continue on their journey to the LZ (landing zone) and upon reaching the last village near the LZ, they find out that the village would be attacked by a battalion of ISIS terrorists the next morning. Instead of abandoning the defenceless villagers to the invaders, and leaving when the air support reaches out to them, the commander sends the children of the village along with Ceyda to safety. Meanwhile, Commander Veysel and his six men stay back in the village to face hundreds of terrorists with their limited resources. After securing the villagers in a coal house, they hoist the Turkish flag over the building. The special forces team with their advanced abilities and peculiar set of skills, manage to bring the terrorist battalion down despite their lack of numbers. However, the strength of the team reduces to four with the deaths of the Commander himself, Mustafa and Eşref. The commander before dying, orders his men to ask evacuation of all the villagers from the HQ and they call it in.

## Cast

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Actor | Role

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Çağlar Ertuğrul | First Lieutenant Oğuz Çağlar
Ufuk Bayraktar | Specialist Bekir Özbey
Murat Serezli | Lieutenant Colonel Veysel Gökmusa
Ahu Türkpençe | Ceyda Balaban
Atılgan Gümüş | Master Sergeant Mustafa Şahin
Murat Arkın | Staff Sergeant Arif Sayar
Ahmet Pınar | Master Sergeant Eşref Çullu
Armağan Oğuz | Sergeant Baybars Yücel
Emir Benderlioğlu | Batur Altınbilek
Açelya Özcan | Nabat
Buse Varol | Ece
Ozan Ağaç | Çiya
Uğur Özarslan | Civan Hatipoğlu

## See also

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* 2016 in film
* Turkish films of 2016

## References

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1. ^ "Dağ 2 – Box Office Türkiye". Box Office Türkiye.
2. ^ "Dağ 2 geliyor! - Milliyet.com.tr". 2016-02-10. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
3. ^ "James Bond'da sahte, Dağ 2'de gerçek silahlar". Haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-03-06.

## External links

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* The Mountain II at IMDb
* The Mountain II at Rotten Tomatoes