Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan”-“12 Strong” eventually feels overlong and repetitive. Based on the screenplay from Ted Tally (“ The Silence of the Lambs”) and Peter Craig (“The Town”)-itself inspired by Doug Stanton’s book “Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Where the film could have used more power is in its narrative momentum. It’s all solid from a technical perspective. The vibrant sound design also plays a crucial role in immersing us, as does a score that increasingly cranks up the tension. ![]() The cumulative effect is draining you’ll walk out of the theater with the feeling that you, too, have gone to war – and an appreciation for those who are brave enough to do so themselves.īut Danish commercial director Nicolai Fuglsig, making his feature filmmaking debut, draws on his previous experience as a photojournalist to bring a sense of gritty realism to the action rather than sweeping sentimentality. 11, 2001, “12 Strong” is packed with protracted battle sequences, full of deafening bombings and seemingly endless amounts of gunfire. In telling a tale of real-life heroism against staggering odds, this is a rousing war picture, meant to stir equal amounts of excitement and patriotism. That’s not to say it’s completely restrained, by any means. ![]() Understated” isn’t a word you’d ordinarily use to describe a Jerry Bruckheimer production, but that’s surprisingly what “12 Strong” ends up being.
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