Hyped as “the first movie to explore the eastern front of World War I,” this revisionist slice of Turkish propaganda wisely hides beneath the cloak of old Hollywood melodrama. Alas, the part of the iron-willed Christian nurse cried out for more charisma than Hera Hilmar’s dead-inside voiceovers could provide. So waterish is her performance that it’s hard to believe two men — Josh Hartnett as an American doctor who heads up a remote clinic in the Ottoman Empire and Michiel Huisman as the titular Muslim officer — covet her affections. Deathless dialogue — “This is no place for a woman,” “Just because I wear a uniform and carry a gun doesn’t make me a killer,” “She wanted to change the world and the world changed her” — found me laughing in the unlikeliest of places. Still, the action scenes are well-handled by old pro Joseph Ruben (The Pom-Pom Girls, The Stepfather) who has been absent from the scene for too long. (2016) — Scott Marks
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