12 Strong

audience Reviews

, 62% Audience Score
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    This movie is outstanding! It doesn't drag and needs no "nuance".
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Outstanding movie telling a story of the heroism of American Special Forces against overwhelming odds, trying to unite a rag-tag collection of battling tribes and warlords to form a "Northern Alliance" to combat the Taliban and take out AQ terrorists in the Afghan mountains in the days immediately following 9/11. It portrayed the commitment, dedication and sacrifice of those soldiers and the incredible odds a handful of men accepted to strike back at those that slaughtered so many Americans. The relationship between the American and Afghan leader was powerful and moving, as was the suffering of Afghan civilians under Taliban rule. What was perhaps underplayed was the hopeless situation for our people due to Afghani culture. The fractured, tribal nature and divisiveness of that culture was touched on but understated. One of the most powerful lines was when the Afghan leader pledged to fight his rival tribal leader rather than the Taliban and the American leader told him "If you do that, you're no general, your just a warlord". That "tribalism" is what enabled the Taliban in the first place. Also underplayed was the primitiveness and brutality of Taliban rule. It was touched on briefly when their leader executed a woman for the crime of educating her children (or perhaps she was a teacher and not the mother-wasn't clear in the film). But this was just one of so many cases of the barbarism that took place under the brutality of Islamic fundamentalists. What was never touched on (and couldn't be since it was after the timeline of the movie) was the tremendous sacrifice of American lives and tax dollars to fight the Taliban and give the Afghan people an opportunity to advance into the 21st century....only to have them fail and again empower the Taliban to lead their nation. Such a sad situation.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    First thing first let give this movie some praises: movie have great pictures shot, awesome colours, dusty and smoke make it feel more real. Beside it, the moive can't give an impressive last battle, the challenges that our soldiers have to face aren't so difficult and the most important is they cannot show how powerful is Dostum and his army
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Una de esas películas entretenidas, no es la mejor pero cumple su objetivo qué es mantenernos pegados a la pantalla.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Loved it must watch.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    Wasn't a super strong film, no pun intended, but Chris Hemsworth and other cast members made the film better.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    I enjoyed it, great action scenes, well filmed and the fact it's a true story just made it better. The bit where they are charging down the canyon found very uplifting, tear in the eye moment. Well worth a watch
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    I suppose that a non-British audience is unlikely to know about the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War (funny how the British fought in Afghanistan and the Crimea) but the final scenes are a straight rip off. This is a series of war film tropes strung together unconvincingly. Otherwise it trivialises the Afghan war with elements of the Hollywood western and computer games. The chief villain is a sadist and coward with a black beard. The guns never run out of ammunition. You can easily spot who is going to die or be injured before it happens. The music is cliched and overbearing.
  • Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
    Its basically a remake of John Waynes "Green Berets". The Taliban, who conveniently dress in black, are the bad guys and have "Stormtrooper" aiming skills. The good guys are the "Delta" frat boy's, a token diverse squad come to kick ass.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Good war movie about 9/11 american response.