Film Review: 12 Strong

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Cert: 15 cert

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig

Screenwriter(written by) Ted Tally, Peter Craig, (based on the book, "Horse Soldiers") Doug Stanton

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Hébert, Austin Stowell, Ben O'Toole, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Rob Riggle, William Fichtner.

Running time: 2h 10min 

Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

 Sex & Nudity: Scene with husband asking his wife to have sex with him.
Various kissing scenes.

 Violence & Gore: Many scenes of violence depict characters who are shot in the head or chest, coupled with visible bloodletting. One man is shown with an open wound in his chest. Stronger depictions of violence include a scene where a woman is shot in the head at close range as children observe. There is also a terrorist who blows himself up with explosives

 Profanity: There are 26 utterances of the expletives "motherf**ker" and "f**k" and swear words "d**n", "sh**", "b***h" and "b*****d".

 Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Main character is seen drinking alcohol

 Frightening/Intense Scenes: a few scene violence in a bloody way with intense moments.





 Story: The True Story of the Army's Special Forces "Green Berets", who within weeks responded to the 9-11 attack. Green Berets, with the help of the 160th SOAR(A), took over the country and allowed other Special Forces and the rest of the conventional military to begin the more publicly visible war.

 Likes: This is such an underrated film special for a true story of the bravest 12 men that against all odd fought against Taliban forces and crippled them. The film is based on the true story of a Task Force called Dagger who was sent to Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks on the world trade centre, a team that includes CIA paramilitary officers and US Army Green Berets Operational Detachment Alpha 595 (ODA 595). They join forces with General Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance to help conduct unconventional warfare against Taliban forces.

The action scenes are extremely intense special on the battle scene's, which shows the real harsh reality of war special when the stakes are high. Chris Hemsworth along with Micheal Shannon and few other made this film for what it was special when the film wasn't whitewashed and filmed on location really add to what is a brilliant film.

What more impressive with this story is that they were on horseback, not hiding behind cover just out in the open just charging down the Taliban forces, that to me take balls! these men were heroes plus the first men to hit the ground fighting against the Taliban they weren't forced on orders they volunteered.

That what makes this one of the best true-life storeys show just how 12 men help General Abdul Rashid Dostum (who was played brilliantly by Navid Negahban) to take down one of the strongest Taliban leaders.

This film might be overlooked by some but this film is a recommended film to watch Iver on the big scene or on tv, as the acting and action are brilliantly done, in giving the audience an intense and emotional film that will have you on the edge of the seat.

Not to mention the inspiration camera work and stunts seriously made this film beautiful to watch, it also an empowering effect of bravery against all odds of success.So this is one film not to be missed as it tells the untold story of the 12 horse who fought bravery and come home save.


 Dislikes: The only real complaint is the slight unrealism of gunfire, it was like watch storm trooper try to hit something, there was a lot of gunfire not many of the solider was getting hit.

 Overall: Brilliant casting, the best performance from Chris Hemsworth, great action a must to watch.

Rating: 5 out 5 for Entertainment / 9 out of 10 for true life classified story







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