Review of 12 Strong (2018) by Ultimatmovieguy — 27 Jan 2018

With countless movies about the tragedy that left America in shock and anger, 12 Strong follows a different story than most with the first attacking line against Osama Bin Laden. The A list cast consisting of Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, And Michael Pena along with others add a good and familiar face to this gritty war drama.

Everyone giving good performances across the board even the minor characters and generic soldiers shown throughout the movie as well. The overall story is clear cut and set up within the first 20 minutes and holds strongly throughout.

With some Cliches scattered throughout the film that could be clouded over since it is based off of true events. Some of the scenes did feel discriminating with its depictions of americans and the towns and locations throughout.

Shockingly there weren’t that many action/war as shown in the trailers and promotions for the film but the biggest battle is definitely the most intense with it’s feeling of threat and danger most for our cast.

But the big battle did have continuity errors throughout with recycled shots of headshots, missile firing and people coming in and out of cover shooting. Overall the movie did well with it’s first time director and seeing Hemsworth get back into the uniform and Pena to be himself with his comical side that gave the audience a breath of fresh air in between tense scenes.

The movie did pull of tension a lot better than most war movies especially ones that have come out in the past decade possibly and it’s non-complicated story made it fun and interesting to allow the story to be driven mainly by the characters after the introduction.