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12 Strong
Sign in to saveAlso known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong: The IMAX 2D Experience
2018 film by Nicolai Fuglsig
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6.4A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as Mitch Nelson
- Michael Shannon as Hal Spencer
- Michael Peña as Sam Diller
- Navid Negahban as General Dostum
- Trevante Rhodes as Ben Milo
- Geoff Stults as Sean Coffers
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- based on novel or book
- afghanistan
- based on true story
- taliban
- post 9/11
- intense
- melodramatic
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
100,233 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nicolai Fuglsig
- Written by
- Ted Tally Peter Craig
- Based on
- Horse Soldiers , by Doug Stanton
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer Molly Smith Thad Luckinbill Trent Luckinbill
- Starring
- Chris Hemsworth Michael Shannon Michael Peña Navid Negahban Trevante Rhodes Geoff Stults Thad Luckinbill
- Cinematography
- Rasmus Videbæk
- Edited by
- Lisa Lassek
- Music by
- Lorne Balfe
- Production companies
- Alcon Entertainment Black Label Media Jerry Bruckheimer Films Torridon Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (United States and Canada) Lionsgate (International)
- Release dates
- January 16, 2018 ( 2018-01-16 ) ( Jazz at Lincoln Center ) January 19, 2018 ( 2018-01-19 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $71.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 622145
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/12-strong
Show 5 more facts
- title
- 12 Strong
- publication date
- 2018-01-17
- review score
- 54/100
- capital cost
- 35000000
- box office
- 45819713
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Article
12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action-war film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. The film is based on Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, which tells the story of U.S. Army Special Forces sent to Afghanistan immediately after the September 11 attacks and up to the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Ben O'Toole, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle.
Principal photography began in January 2017 in New Mexico. The film was released in the United States on January 19, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures, in standard and IMAX theaters. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the cast and action but criticized the by-the-numbers execution and lack of insight of the War in Afghanistan.