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Review- 12 strong (2018)

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    Based on the book "Horse Soldiers" by Doug Stanton, 12 Strong stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle star in this True Life War Drama about the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan weeks after the 9/11 attacks. Under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban. I never pass the opportunity to see a True Life film. Mostly because they’re always so raw and I get emotional thinking about what the real people went through. The actors did a good job with their roles and Mr Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth did a fantastic job as the lead. I think Navid Negahban as General Abdul Rashid Dostum was my favorite cast and actor in this film. It was obvious that he was willing to do anything to bring down the Taliban with or without the help of the Americans. 
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    The war in Afghanistan is truly terrible and the fact that it’s still going on is a very sad thing to think about. These soldiers are fueled by the thoughts of The World Trade Center blowing up and all the thousands of Americans that died. I must say, the action scenes were pretty good. Not "Hacksaw Ridge" gory but awesome nonetheless. The war scenes were so well choreographed, the music score was descent and the sound was excellent. This movie is also very intense. I was literally on the edge of my seat for the most part of the film. I also loved how it was filmed with the audience getting a feel of the beautiful mountain terrace, the caves and the dessert. I don't know how accurate 12 Strong is when compared to the actual story and how realistic some of the scenes were but they portrayed these 12 heroes in the best way possible and told a story a lot of people weren't familiar with. I loved 12 Strong, but I was left feeling it could have been better. It seemed like they were trying to keep it safe and clean and ended up being just like every other war film. Nevertheless, I genuinely enjoyed watching this film and I suggest you go see it too.
RATING 7/10
BASED ON  Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
DIRECTOR Nicolai Fuglsig
STARRING Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle


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