“The declassified true story of the horse soldiers”
12 Strong follows a U.S. special forces team sent into Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks, where they work alongside local allies to strike at Taliban power. The mission places them in unfamiliar terrain and pushes them into a fast-moving campaign shaped by urgency and danger. As the operation unfolds, the film focuses on the pressure of fighting a war in a place where every move carries risk.
The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon and Michael Peña, whose characters are part of the deployed unit and the effort to carry out the mission. Their roles keep the story grounded in the teamwork, strain and resolve required by the operation. It runs 130 minutes and was released in 2018.
Set in Afghanistan in the immediate post-9/11 period, the film draws on a true-story framework and keeps its attention on military action under extreme pressure. Its tone is serious and tense, with the emotional weight of duty running through the combat scenes. The result is a war drama shaped by conflict, endurance and the uncertainty of a rapidly changing battlefield.
The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon and Michael Peña, whose characters are part of the deployed unit and the effort to carry out the mission. Their roles keep the story grounded in the teamwork, strain and resolve required by the operation. It runs 130 minutes and was released in 2018.
Set in Afghanistan in the immediate post-9/11 period, the film draws on a true-story framework and keeps its attention on military action under extreme pressure. Its tone is serious and tense, with the emotional weight of duty running through the combat scenes. The result is a war drama shaped by conflict, endurance and the uncertainty of a rapidly changing battlefield.
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6.4 / 10