12 Strong

2018 • 129 minutes

About this movie

In "12 Strong" a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince a Northern Alliance General to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the team —accustomed to state-of-the-art warfare—must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghani horse soldiers, combining ancient strategies of cavalry warfare with twenty-first-century aerial bombardment technology to perform a seemingly impossible feat. Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and based on the acclaimed "Horse Soldiers" book by best-selling author Doug Stanton, 12 STRONG also stars Michael Peña and Trevante Rhodes. Produced by legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer (the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, "Black Hawk Down"), together with Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill ("La La Land," "Sicario"). The screen play is written by Oscar winner Ted Tally ("The Silence of the Lambs") and Peter Craig ("The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Parts 1 & 2"). 2018 HS Film, LLC

Ratings and reviews

Best film I've seen in a long time. Based on a tremendous true story that needs to be heard. Brilliant.

best film of the year in my opinion, like that its based on true events, it has lots of suspense and Keeps you watching.

Great film. Underated and under the radar