Jan 19, 2018 12 strong works as a tribute to the reallife american heroes who lived it, but is an overall generic war film without much substance. In doug stantons book horse soldiers, it was colonel max bowers, portrayed by rob riggle, who brought a piece of steel with him from the world trade center to afghanistan. It also shares its target audience with 12 strong, which will hurt its box office chances even more. Read scene descriptions after the film plays at the cinema. Understated isnt a word youd ordinarily use to describe a jerry bruckheimer production, but thats surprisingly what 12 strong ends up being thats not to say its completely restrained, by any means. This is the story of 12 jurors discussing a verdict to pass on an 18yearold chechen boywhether he is guilty of the firstdegree murder of his stepfather, an officer of the russian army. Michael shannon and chris hemsworth, facing camera, star in a scene from the movie 12 strong. From lorraine broughton in atomic blonde and letty ortiz in the fast and furious franchise to lucy in lucy and milla jovovichs leeloo in the fifth element, women have been steadily kicking their way to center stage in a genre that once mostly excluded them. Movie poster 12 strong 2018 12 strong dvd and bluray release date was set for may 1, 2018 and available on digital hd from amazon video and itunes on april 10, 2018.
The catholic news service classification is aiii adults. The film, however, often lags and is not nearly as compelling as the full story would attest to, although, at times, it does an adequate job of portraying the courage these men faced amidst overwhelming odds. Jan 18, 2018 chris hemsworth firing a carbine while riding tall and proud in the saddle that image more or less captures what you need to know about 12 strong, a movie with a veneer of seriousness. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. View who sings all the songs, stream additional tunes playlist, and credits used in the movie. Jan 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.
Abdul rashid dostum and learn the tactics of afghani horse soldiers if they will survive the fight against the taliban and its al qaeda allies. The declassified true story of the horse soldiers is a 2018 american action war drama film directed by nicolai fuglsig and written by ted tally and peter craig. Mitch is on leave during 911, but he immediately goes back to reassemble his 12man special forces team to go to afghanistan and attack alqaeda and wipe out the taliban. Jan 19, 2018 12 strong is set in the harrowing days following 911 when a u. Stronger is the inspirational and heroic truelife story of jeff bauman jake gyllenhaal, the man whose iconic photo from the 20 boston marathon bombing captured the hearts of the world. Maybe the story is slightly different, and maybe its a. Jan 19, 2018 while the movie takes some liberty with some dramatic details, pennington said that the feelings of isolation, and the stress and fear that families left behind feel, are spot on in this film.
The film is based on doug stanton s nonfiction book horse soldiers, which tells the story of u. And while it does indeed remind us that war is a bloody, brutal business, it insists. Jan 18, 2018 a remarkable story inspired 12 strong, but the remarkable story actually told by 12 strong is a different remarkable story. Despite filing for a cushy desk job so he could stay close to his family. Jan 25, 2018 an elite 12 man special forces group went out to afghanistan on a topsecret mission to liaise with indigenous antitaliban forces and capture the strategically vital town of mazarisharif.
Luckily, the movie has a fine cast, led by hemsworth and the alwaysexcellent shannon and pena. The filmmakers behind 12 strong make a good effort to establish what these soldiers have at stake at home, but the movies focus is on the action and their experience in country, rather than on characterization. Jan 27, 2018 soldiers recount true story behind 12 strong. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Special forces team is deployed to afghanistan on the first american mission following the 911 attacks. That all changes with 12 strong, a jerry bruckheimerproduced look at the united states special ops unit who led the invasion into afghanistan on horseback and were later honored with a monument at ground zero at the world trade center site in new york. The strongest strong female leads are those with more than. The 12 strong movie has chris hemsworths character mark nutsch in real life being given the candybarsized piece of metal by colonel mulholland. On december 12, 2012, some of entertainments most iconic names came together at madison square garden for a historic concert to benefit the victims of hurricane sandy. Special forces mission in afghanistan following the sept.
Based on the bestselling book horse soldiers, it is story of heroism based on true events that unfolded a world away in the aftermath of 911. The last 25 years have brought a slew of female action heroines to our screens. Chris hemsworth thor and oscar nominee michael shannon nocturnal animals, the shape of water star in 12 strong, a powerful new war drama from alcon entertainment, black label media and jerry bruckheimer films that tells the declassified true story of the first american soldiers sent into afghanistan after 911. Chris hemsworth thor, the avengers films and oscar nominee michael shannon revolutionary road, nocturnal animals star in 12 strong, a powerful new war drama from alcon entertainment, black label media and jerry bruckheimer films. The motion picture association of america rating is r restricted. Mitch nelson and his team must unite with northern alliance gen. Special forces team into afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission.
Jan 19, 2018 the movie 12 strong tells the harrowing story of the first u. Special forces team, led by their new captain, mitch nelson hemsworth, is chosen to be the first u. Jan 19, 2018 12 strong is the true, declassified story behind americas first strike back in the war on terrorism. This is the harrowing, reallife story behind the movie 12. Jan 18, 2018 all 24 songs from the 12 strong 2018 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions.