Thursday 7 June 2018

A suspect underbelly


Dag II (2016)

Written & directed by Alper Caglar this sequel also known as “Brothers in arms” stars Caglar Ertugurl, Ufuk Bayraktar and Ahu Turkpence. Two soldiers sign up for the Turkish special forces and after 5 years of training their first mission is rescuing a journalist from IS in Iraq.

You do not have to have seen the first film in this series to watch this film but it is decidedly a mixed bag. There are some beautiful landscapes but also overly sentimental portions, some questionable action sequences and sketchy Turkish nationalism hiding in there. Certainly this film doesn't commit any crimes you won't find in Hollywood but that is no excuse.

2/5

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