13 Hours meets Tears of the Sun

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2017)

The mountain II is a military and nationalistic portrayal of a group of soldiers on a mission to rescue a kidnapped Turkish journalist in Iraq. At first scene, she's rescued from ISIS and all her kidnappers are terminated. The operation is successful and they should return back home. But, they receive the news that conflicts between terrorist and other groups is blocking their way. They are determined to defend the last Yazidi village against the terrorists and that's where the climax of the movie comes. At one point, the captain announces an Iraqi village as Turkish homeland and raises their flag there, while waiting for the last standing, "the storm", against the terrorist ISIS group who are about to attack the village at the afternoon. The movie is full of proud patriotic lessons. This is the main reason why this movie is rated so highly. It would give a Turk, chills alongside the good film score it has. The movie has some cons to it. It is very slow for a military mission and action movie, and too violent for a drama movie. The movie goes back to the past of the soldiers a lot. In conclusion, a well-directed and well-made Turkish movie. The acting is very good. It's worth to watch, even only with subtitles. 6.5/10