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12 Strong (Horse Soldiers)
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In the wake of Sept. 11, Capt. Mitch Nelson leads a U.S. Special Forces team into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. Once there, the soldiers develop an uneasy partnership with the Northern Alliance to take down the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies. Outgunned and outnumbered, Nelson and his forces face overwhelming odds in a fight against a ruthless enemy that takes no prisoners.
In the wake of Sept. 11, Capt. Mitch Nelson leads a U.S. Special Forces team into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. Once there, the soldiers develop an uneasy partnership with the Northern Alliance to take down the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies. Outgunned and outnumbered, Nelson and his forces face overwhelming odds in a fight against a ruthless enemy that takes no prisoners.
Actors:
Tim Aydelott,
Martin Palmer,
Arshia Mandavi,
Allison King,
Elsa Pataky,
Veronica Diaz Carranza,
Fahim Fazli
Tim Aydelott
Martin Palmer
Arshia Mandavi
Allison King
Elsa Pataky
18 July 1976, Madrid, Spain
Veronica Diaz Carranza
Fahim Fazli
30 May 1966, Kabul, Afghanistan
Director:
Nicolai Fuglsig
Nicolai Fuglsig
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#12 Strong (Horse Soldiers) #Austin Hébert #Austin Stowell #Ben O'Toole #Chris Hemsworth #Geoff Stults #Horse Soldiers #Horse Soldiers (2018) #Kenneth Miller #Michael Peña #Michael Shannon #Navid Negahban #Nicolai Fuglsig #Thad Luckinbill #Trevante Rhodes
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January 18, 2018
Big-screen military fireworks are a signature of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and in that department 12 Strong doesn't disappoint. Things blow up good. Believability? Not so much...January 18, 2018
Ultimately registers as old-fashioned and artificial, like a WWII propaganda movie trying to drum up sales for war bonds.January 18, 2018
A fairly straightforward and enjoyable movie about an extremely complicated and demoralizing war. Its goal is to focus on a small group of heroes, and it shows little interest in the bigger picture.January 18, 2018
The real-life heroes who bravely risked their lives deserve something better than the forgettable mediocrity that is '12 Strong', and truth be told, audiences deserve more too.January 18, 2018
For devotees of cinematic blowouts and dedicated students of screen masculinity (like me), "12 Strong" is premium, Grade A catnip.January 18, 2018
'12 Strong' finds its strength as a flag-waving, stand-up-and-cheer movie.January 18, 2018
12 Strong winds up being an almost-good film about some great American soldiers.January 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.January 18, 2018
In the end, the feat these characters pull off is rousing, but 12 Strong never gathers the momentum it needs.January 18, 2018
Yet what could have been a flag-waving slog across the beautiful wilderness of Afghanistan (substituted here by New Mexico), interspersed with massive explosions, is instead surprisingly elegant for a blockbuster.January 18, 2018
More often than not, "12 Strong" feels like a sports movie, where all the stakes rest not on matters of honor and duty, but on a single field goal.January 18, 2018
It's not a bad movie, as far as it goes. In terms of context, though, it goes virtually nowhere.