Mr. Movie review: 12 Strong strong performances
12 Strong is the until-now untold story of the first American soldiers to invade Afghanistan in the first month after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It looks pretty much like every other war movie these days. Lots of bombs, explosions, harrowing dangers and frontal attacks where bullets and bombs fly everywhere. Bad guys die by the score and the horseback-mounted major participants are bloodied and bruised but intact.
Gratefully, while a negative political dig or two is slipped into the script, the film is just a straight-ahead fascinating peek at our first connection with the Afghan people and the forging of the alliance.
Movie name: 12 Strong
Director: Nicolai Fuglsig
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Navid Negahban, Rob Riggle, William Fichtner
Mr. Movie rating: 4 stars
Rated R for language, extreme violence, Mature themes. It’s playing at Fairchild Cinemas Pasco and Queensgate 12s, the AMC Kennewick 12 and at Walla Walla Grand Cinemas.
5 stars to 4 1/2 stars: Must see on the big screen.
4 stars to 3 1/2 stars: Good film, see it if it’s your type of movie.
3 stars to 2 1/2 stars: Wait until it comes out on DVD.
2 stars to 1 star: Don’t bother.
0 stars: Speaks for itself.
This story was originally published January 18, 2018 at 4:35 PM with the headline "Mr. Movie review: 12 Strong strong performances."