12 Strong

Name: 12 Strong
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Released: January 19, 2018
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Austin Hébert, Austin Stowell, Ben O'Toole, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: January 19, 2018 | R

Starring: Austin Hébert, Austin Stowell, Ben O'Toole, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, Geoff Stults, Jack Kesy, Laith Nakli, Michael Peña, Michael Shannon, Navid Negahban, Rob Riggle, Taylor Sheridan, Thad Luckinbill, Trevante Rhodes, William Fichtner, Yasmine Aker

Summary: 12 Strong is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Navid Negahban)12 Strong is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Navid Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans—accustomed to state-of-the-art warfare—must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghani horse soldiers. But despite their uneasy bond, the new allies face overwhelming odds: outnumbered and outgunned by a ruthless enemy that does not take prisoners.… Expand

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig

Genre(s): Action, Drama, History, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 130 min

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James Berardinelli

Jan 19, 2018

12 Strong represents a recent war as depicted on screen in an old-fashioned way. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Jan 17, 2018

The Chris Hemsworth vehicle is is often hammy, but also wryly funny, breath-stoppingly tense, and uncommonly intelligent. Its January dump is a disservice to a promising debut feature. Read full review

Calvin Wilson

Jan 18, 2018

Director Nicolai Fuglsig delivers an action drama that gets the job done without ever catching fire. But the well-chosen, charismatic cast makes the most out of the material. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Jan 18, 2018

If you want to feel good about a war with no end, this one’s for you. Read full review

IndieWire Michael Nordine

Jan 20, 2018

Fuglsig’s feature debut is ultimately less an action movie and more a procedural, one in which incremental gains and minimal casualties are as much as can be hoped for. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jan 19, 2018

While it’s gratifying — and occasionally gripping — to see that story told in 12 Strong, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film contains few genuine surprises, at least from a cinematic standpoint. Read full review

Keith Watson

Jan 18, 2018

As Nicolai Fuglsig doesn't allow any complicated thoughts about war, colonization, and mortality to hover around his characters, 12 Strong inevitably proceeds as a jaunty imperial adventure through the wilds of northern Afghanistan. Read full review

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binkybrutus8

Feb 2, 2018

Great movie. Saw it 3x. Action packed from beginning to end. This movie should be at least 85 % positive here. Ratings here absolutely not realistic. It was well done. You see how difficult it is to pull things together there. Highly recommend!! If you like hero and action with great musicGreat movie. Saw it 3x. Action packed from beginning to end. This movie should be at least 85 % positive here. Ratings here absolutely not realistic. It was well done. You see how difficult it is to pull things together there. Highly recommend!! If you like hero and action with great music score and so on...then see it.

It is a dangerous mission and believable and anyone who states it is over the top in how they treat women then they do not know much. The scene in this movie was more merciful then what they normally would do. There was even more harsh scenes which was not included I am sure. We need more real men like this not those who sit behind a computer to criticize and state there is too much of this macho stuff. There are not enough men like this and we need more not less. This was our first blow back for the killings of Americans on 9/11 and it was good.… Expand

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SID15762

Apr 8, 2018

one of the best movies i have ever seen and one of the most heroic acts by the US MILITARY....

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rybacksn

Aug 20, 2022

Good movie, based on a true story. It seemed very real and was unexpectedly good.

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3ebfan511

Sep 23, 2018

A better than expected modern war film..as the commercials made it seem it would be the same kindof dumb patriotic fare that most US war films suffer from. It does have a little of that, but less than I expected, as it actually does show the afghan side of the conflict and spendsA better than expected modern war film..as the commercials made it seem it would be the same kindof dumb patriotic fare that most US war films suffer from. It does have a little of that, but less than I expected, as it actually does show the afghan side of the conflict and spends considerable time developing the afghan leaders character, which was probably the strength of the film. Pretty solid modern war film, and better than I thought it would be.… Expand

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AnUser

Jan 16, 2020

Needed more to be become real , and also the languages were not clear . But good job , i'm not anyones fan but movie is as enough as director could direct.

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TVJerry

Jan 23, 2018

One of the 1st major missions after the 9/11 attack involved a Special Forces team sent to Afghanistan to strike a blow at the Taliban. Chris Hemsworth plays their captain, an inexperienced soldier who not only has to lead this dangerous expedition, but has to do it on horses! Even thoughOne of the 1st major missions after the 9/11 attack involved a Special Forces team sent to Afghanistan to strike a blow at the Taliban. Chris Hemsworth plays their captain, an inexperienced soldier who not only has to lead this dangerous expedition, but has to do it on horses! Even though this little-known operation makes for a fascinating story, the production is follows pretty standard war movie tropes; There are personal insights into several soldiers, a few sweet moments with locals and insights from a Northern Alliance general. Then there's lots of battle footage, most of it noisy and dusty without much clear focus on the action or creative staging of the stunts. An adequately made film, but without much to make it special.… Expand

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TwiTu

Apr 27, 2018

Had a nice start. I hoped for a Vietnam style anti-war movie. where they admit how useless this war was from the beginning. But no. Its Rambo 3 Refurbished Edition.
Its completely unrealistic and they show pretty much the same battle 4 times in the movie.
What really angered me is the factHad a nice start. I hoped for a Vietnam style anti-war movie. where they admit how useless this war was from the beginning. But no. Its Rambo 3 Refurbished Edition.
Its completely unrealistic and they show pretty much the same battle 4 times in the movie.
What really angered me is the fact that they make this operation against Al Qaeda out to be such a heroic task but then forget to mention that the USA today supports Al Qaeda in Syria. All these American deaths were for absolutely nothing. Just like in Vietnam. After Vietnam, as many years later as we are away from the first day in Afghanistan today, America understood what a war they started back then. It pushed out Vietnam movies that were almost all great. They drove tears into peoples eyes, made them swear "never again". And now look at us now. Look at the propaganda movies we do, look at the media and Hollywood helping keeping these wars alive. "Afghanistan was justified! We still need to stay there! You were all heroes! Assad is next!".
Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq died for nothing and are still killing themselves at home. Nothing. And now we are funding the people who they fought against, just because they are against Assad and Russia.
Unbelievable. This movie is part of the problem.… Expand

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