Like many action films, the first half is too long and the second half is too short. If I wanted to see a film about 'family' and 'politics', I'd watch Mulan. _Black Hawk Down_ or _13 Hours_ are better of the same.

Tasteful duration, which allowed pretty intense and detailed firefight scenes. I felt this was a really great action movie, but it didn't quite feel like a 'war' movie. An excellent performance from Chris Hemsworth, especially for a role he's not typically in (military).

I like the idea of this movie because it has a great story to base off of, and seemingly lots of potential, but I didn't like how it was carried out. Acting wasn't great, dialogue was over the top at times, and it came across to me a little hyper-patriotic, as opposed to realistic. I think if Kathryn Bigalow had made it, it would have been quite different, for the better.

This is just a boring movie. Twenty minutes before it was over I almost turned it off to go to bed. Great cast. Boring movie.

Why in reality in the team were all white and in the film there is a black and a Latino?

The usual american war heroes movies, nothing new.

Just a meh storie.Many gaps,many problems and a heavy americanism spirit .
Too bad for Hemsworth .
If you want a really antimilitary or war movie this isn't

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

The premise is clear, and I think it delivers here. That's really the issue here: It doesn't do much further than that. Everything is somewhat solid and not super bad, far from it, but it simply doesn't excel at anything much either. I think there have been some nice plot twists about intrigues and rival fights, however.

It's a fine movie to watch, but none that got me really too excited.

"Fun fact": The Afghan general was accused of war crimes against humanity later, and also did get into the parliament later.

Rating: 8/10

Based on an incredible true story, 12 Strong is a compelling and inspirational war film. In the aftermath of the 2001 September 11th terrorist attacks on America an elite US Special Forces team is sent to Afghanistan to take out a Taliban strong hold to clear the way for American forces to launch their military campaign. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, and William Fichtner, the cast is quite impressive and delivers strong performances. Also, the film does a good job at showing the culture clash and how the US soldiers had to adapt to a different form of warfare. And director Nicolai Fuglsig brings a lot of tension and energy to the battle scenes. The score as well is especially well-done and heightens the action and drama. 12 Strong is a powerful film about one of the first major US victories in the Afghanistan War.

Technically very good, and the story is one worthy of being told. But narratively, this was very gung-ho, lots of gunfire and missile blasts, with very little dramatic heft to add weight to the action.

This intense recreation. How good are the soldiers and how bad are the Taliban. The strategy was interesting. I guess it was easy for Elsa Pataky to play Chris Hemsworth's wife.