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Rating: 4/10 (16 April 2018)

12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Now I am all for diversity in the military but horses have no place on a submarine.
Smartly, the US army is utilizing the equine in this action movie, and not the navy.
In the wake of 9/11, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) foregoes his army desk job and requests to lead a covert squad in to Afghanistan.
But first Mitch and his elite force (Michael Shannon, Michael Peña) will have to secure mounts to tackle the rough terrain and assistance from the leader of the Alliance (Navid Negahban) if they hope to overtake a Taliban stronghold.
With its pretty-boy lead spewing patriotic idioms before every choreographed exchange, this lengthy retelling of the classified mission that started it all feels fictionalized and disingenuous. While the greater conflict is present, the war is never really addressed.
And while the horses on the ground were successful, the ones in the fighter jets weren't. Yellow Light
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