12 Strong

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

Cast

Chris Hemsworth

as Mitch Nelson

Michael Shannon

as Hal Spencer

Michael Peña

as Sam Diller

Navid Negahban

as General Dostum

Trevante Rhodes

as Ben Milo

Geoff Stults

as Sean Coffers

Thad Luckinbill

as Vern Michaels

Austin Stowell

as Fred Falls

Ben O'Toole

as Scott Black

Jack Kesy

as Charles Jones

Reviews

Gimly

Not really my sort of thing, but I can't go so far as to say that it's "bad". It's a little formulaic and it's a lot American patriotic (ironic given that the star is Australian), but it's... I guess "professional" is the word that best suits it? I wouldn't begrudge the target market for enjoying _1...

AstroNoud

In every aspect a decent war film with a story worth telling. Too bad the cast doesn’t get to shine enough, but the technical aspect, the score and the fact that it's based on a true story still make ‘12 Strong’ worth a watch or two. 8/10...

tmdb28039023

It’s a bitter irony that 12 Strong was released only three years before Kabul fell faster than Kevin Spacey’s career. Then again, this movie has as much to do with the war in Afghanistan as the Arab uprising has to do with Lawrence of Arabia — which is exactly where director Nicolai Fuglsig and scre...

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