Truly Laughable Cliché-fest

Rating: 2/10 (20 May 2019)

I'm not usually a fan of 1 out of 10 ratings, especially for classic or well respected movies. It's perfectly reasoable to give low ratings to any movie based on reasoned criticism, but when people call Casablanca or Lawrence of Arabia, "The worst movie of all time", they lose all credibility. Even if you hate some critically acclaimed movie, it's ridiculous hyperbole to call it the worst movie. After watching 12 Strong ... maybe I was wrong.
It's hard to believe that a modern, big budget action movie could be this bad. I'll leave it to knowledgeable military people to point out the almost silly portrayals of battle. The, oh so obvious ambushes that they would walk into, but somehow be victorious anyway.The dialogue is non-stop "action movie" cliché banter that never rises above adolescent humor. Like others have said, only simplistic portrayals of Americans as super cool, handsome, sharp shooters, filled with buckets of over confidence, bravery, and witty repartee. While Afghans are reluctant fighters who switch allegiance constantly, concerned only with self-preservation. Also, they are sneaky and can't be trusted.
Oh, and just for good measure, civilians in the Defense Dept. don't know anything about real combat and make absurd comments. Of course, all the soldiers promised their wife and children that they would come home very soon and couldn't possibly get killed and, "Dammit, I'm not gonna break that promise."