The True Story of the Army's Special Forces "Green Berets", who within weeks responded to the 9-11 attack. Green Berets, with the help of the 160th SOAR(A), took over the country and allowed other Special Forces and the rest of the conventional military to begin the more publicly visible war. 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban. It is refreshing to get a movie in this day and age that is Pro West and shows the brutal reality of Islamic terror tribes like Al Qaeda and ISIS. <br/><br/>Something Hollywood is terrified of doing these days. This is based on a true story about 12 Green Berets who were among the first in Afghanistan. There job was to hook up with a warlord and take out the Al Qaeda/ Talban using the terms interchangeably. The group is lead by Chris Hemsworth who never had any combat experience and doesn't speak Pashtun. He is to keep the Northern Alliance together while fighting Al Qaeda tanks on horse back with 11 other guys. <br/><br/>Chris Hemsworth was underwhelming in his performance. Rob Riggle is a comic. His role as a Colonel was a miscast. Michael Peña did a good job among a bunch of phoned in performances. They attempted to build things up but the intensity just wasn't there. It was interesting in what they did and how they did it, indeed very heroic. What was anti-climatic was that they just won a battle in a never ending war where America has gone from liberator to occupier. <br/><br/>Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. It's virtually all Hemsworth's show and he's entirely up to the task of carrying the film on his broad shoulders: He's charismatic, fearless, confident, jokey and a good old Kentucky boy who just wants to get the job done and return home to his wife and daughter.
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