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| Directed by | Nicolai Fuglsig |
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| Based on | Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton |
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| Cinematography | Rasmus Videbæk |
| Edited by | Lisa Lassek |
| Music by | Lorne Balfe |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million[3] |
| Box office | $71.1 million[2] |
12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action-war film[4] 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 hindsight of the War in Afghanistan.[5]
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- ^ a b "12 Strong (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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- ^ Jeff Giles (January 18, 2018). "12 Strong is a Little Flimsy". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 20, 2018.