12 Strong

On September 11, 2001 the world watched in terror. On September 12, 2001 they volunteered to fight.

This film is set in the days following the 9/11 attacks in the USA, when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent illegally into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince the Northern Alliance General to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their US-created Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans, accustomed to state-of-the-art warfare, must adopt the basic tactics of the Afghani horse soldiers. But despite their uneasy bond, the new allies face overwhelming odds: outnumbered and out-gunned by a ruthless enemy that does not take prisoners.

130 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Drama, Period piece, War.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Here comes the calvary!

Credits

Cast	Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults
Director	Nicolai Fuglsig
Screenplay	Ted Tally, Peter Craig, from the book by Doug Stanton
Music	Lorne Balfe
Cinematography	Rasmus Videbaek
Editing	Lisa Lassek
Sound formats	Dolby Atmos
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2018
Produced by	Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Lionsgate

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	War thriller
Language	Strong impact, frequent crude language use.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong impact, frequent violence in the context of war and brutal battles accompanied by frequent blood-letting.
Prejudice	One isolated occurance of soldiers calling each other 'nigger' in a light-hearted joking manner and not to demean. Mild impact.
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for war violence and language throughout.
Runtime	130
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
24.com Lindsey Bahr Stirring and solid, 12 Strong is the kind of film that might make you think twice about January releases, and spotlights a riveting story in our recent history that many Americans might not know.	10
Metacritic.com 40 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 108 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 12 Strong has a solid cast, honorable intentions, and a thrilling, fact-based story - all of which are occasionally enough to balance a disappointing lack of depth or nuance.	11
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Good cast in violent, patriotic, fact-based war movie.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 22 users	12
Rottentomatoes users 3137 users	14
IMDB 2776 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	10
Average .. 58%	12