Better than average yet somewhat lopsided '

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2018)

12 STRONG (2018) **1/2 Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Goeff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Herbert, Austin Stowell, Ben O'Toole, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Rob Riggle, William Fichtner. Better than average yet somewhat lopsided 'true account' of the US military enforcement into Afghanistan post 9/11 with a dozen (not so dirty) US Army troop out to stop the Taliban with the odds against them, namely in its covert ops. Based on Doug Stanton's book "Horse Soldiers" the screenplay by Ted Tally and Peter Craig, while serviceable seems to be leaving something out (i.e. heart) and Nicolai Fuglsig's rote direction doesn't help.