Loyalties are tested when five friends and former special forces operatives reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences. A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Sie erzählt die Geschichte der ersten US-Soldaten, die in den Tagen nach dem 11. Doug Stanton's book "Horse Soldiers" is the source material for director Nicolai Fuglsig's first feature film, and it's anything but a disappointment. (uncredited), Special Forces Civilian In the closing credits, a photograph of the real team is shown. On September 12, 2001, they volunteered to fight. Having to comment on anything else would be a waste of the English language. [30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave an 81% overall positive score and a 63% "definite recommend". Barbella - Admin Soldier It also manages to be blunt about America’s chances in Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires. There's an important story here buried under the rhetoric of the American Military's post 9/11 quest to bomb the fuck out of someone in response to the attack on The Twin Towers. [15][13] On November 17, 2016, Variety reported that Navid Negahban was cast to play General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the film. At least we do until we remember that this is a true story, and despite that, it is truly unbelievable. Carrying out the U.S. Army's first cavalry charge of the 21st century, the American and Northern Alliance forces disperse the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and Dostum tracks down and kills Razzan. The odds seem insurmountable.One of the more fascinating aspects of the story and welcome approaches of the film is back-and-forth between Captain Nelson and General Dostum. (archive footage) (uncredited), Special Forces First Sergeant HOW IT WORKS: * Generate a number from 1 to 2367…, As with my Top 101 films, these are also unranked. Blu-ray extras include the featurettes "12 Strong: The Making of an Impossible Mission" and "Monumental Effort: Building America's Response Monument. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Doug Stanton (based on the book, "Horse Soldiers" by), ‘The Outpost’ Review: A War Film Remembers the Fallen, Is Gladiator 2 Still Possible? Company Credits Greetings again from the darkness. There's really nothing in these 130 minutes that needed to be there, nor did anything pull me deeply into the narrative. [16][17], Principal photography began in early January 2017 in New Mexico. 2018 Film data from TMDb. Men on a Mission movies should be exciting. 12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action-war film[4] directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. Chris Hemsworth is serviceable as the lead. You likely recognize Negahban as Abu Nazir from "Homeland". (uncredited), Admin 2nd Lieutenant [8][10] On November 3, 2016, Trevante Rhodes was cast in the film. R Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig. 12 Strong: Exclusive Cast Interview Fandango Correspondent Nikki Novak interviews with Chris Hemsworth, Michael Peña and Trevante Rhodes about bromances on set and Elsa Pateky, Hemsworth's wife playing his wife in the film. movies where a character is involved in an incident which briefly impairs their hearing and leads to us hearing EEEEEEEEEEEEE for a few seconds to symbolise this, Amazon Prime Video España – Todas las películas disponibles, movies for adults: studio auteur oddities, 2004-2018, Filmes de História Geral em ordem cronológica / General History Films in chronological order / Películas de Historia General en orden cronológico. Impressed by Nelson and the Americans' efforts, Dostum gives Nelson his prized riding crop and tells him that he will always consider Nelson a brother and fellow fighter but remember that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. [2] It ended up debuting to $15.8 million, similar to the $16.1 million that another war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi opened to in January 2016, and finished second at the box office behind Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Repetitive, overlong and just instantly forgettable. This is the apparently true accounting of the soldiers sent into Afghanistan to help the Northern Alliance fight the Taliban shortly after 9/11 (9/18, as I recall).

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