A standard patriotic war offering.

Rating: 7/10 (16 March 2020)

12 Strong was the film that was released to capitalise on the reason trend of patriotic war being released for Middle-American audience: like Lone Survivor, 13 Hours and American Sniper. And within that standard 12 Strong isn't as visceral as Lone Survivor, but a lot better American Sniper that tries to celebrate someone who was a vile racist.
12 Strong does have a solid premise, being about the first American Special Forces soldiers to fight in Afghanistan and how they fought with the Northern Alliance. It could easily have self as a modern version of Lawrence of Arabia due to the focus on the relationship between an American soldier and an Afghan warlord who have to work together.
Sadly 12 Strong isn't as epic or memorable as Lawrence of Arabia and was really a standard Hollywood war film that had a decent final battle. It's a film for hooray America crowd.