Has a memorable story to tell but does it in an unmemorable way.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 24, 2021

For every war cliché there is another scene that offers insight into the difficult and confounding task the men have ahead of them.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 28, 2021

It's more of a series of set pieces tenuously strung together . . . the political blinders it has on regarding its events' consequences speak to the movie's lack of intention.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2020

The production behind this had the best intention to honor these men and what they did, but I couldn't shake the notion that the film treated the action like a kid playing in a sandbox.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 17, 2020

12 Strong is a thinking-person's war story, one in which deductive and clever reasoning wins the day as often as who has the most bullets and air support. This is something quite different couched in a familiar cloak, and the results are impressive.

| May 27, 2020

From its hokey moments of "character building" to its sharply shot, but distinctly un-cinematic action sequences, 12 Strong feels very much like one long video game cut-scene.

| Mar 23, 2020

Unfortunately the movie's central philosophical conflict, between the captain and an Afghan warlord, features dialogue like "Your mission will fail because you fear death."

| Mar 10, 2020

The mechanics of colonial propaganda are particularly clear in "12 Strong," which is unabashedly patriotic and militaristic.

| Aug 29, 2019

While some will say it glamorizes war, it is nonetheless entertaining and informative.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 31, 2019

Their blurred protagonists do not manage to generate any empathy, and their treatment of the Afghan conflict turns out to be clumsy and simplistic. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jul 20, 2019

12 Strong devolves a very real story into a professional wrestling spectacle.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Pure propaganda, and not particularly good propaganda at that.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 3, 2019

Informative and educational movie that drags, especially at the beginning, making it a film that is not re-watchable.

| Original Score: B- | May 8, 2019

A sprawling and leaden Bruckheimer monster.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 21, 2019

Fuglsig stretches out 12 Strong unnecessarily yet, till you are ready to bolt when it's finally over.

| Feb 15, 2019

12 Strong may not exactly be what we need, but it does seem to be what audiences desperately want. I just wish 12 Strong was brave enough to take a cue from the real-life heroes they're honoring and give us something better.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 29, 2019

Too many explosions, not enough character.

| Jan 19, 2019

With a plodding, dragged out story and runtime, 12 Strong isn't quite as strong as it should be.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 4, 2018

A commendable exploration of heroism in the post 9/11 world.

| Original Score: 3.0/4 | Nov 19, 2018

The story is compelling, and the movie overall was entertaining to watch, but to me, it wasn't as memorable as previous war films...

| Nov 12, 2018