2001年9月11日のその翌日、ミッチ・ネルソン大尉は、最も危険な対テロ戦争の最前線部隊に志願し、特殊作戦の隊長に任命される。わずか12人でアフガニスタンへ乗り込み、反タリバンの地元勢力を率いるドスタム将軍と手を結び、テロ集団の拠点マザーリシャリーフを制圧するのだ。だが、現地に着いた彼らに、次々と予期せぬ危機が襲いかかる。敵の数はまさかの5万人、しかも彼らは米兵の命に高額の懸賞金をかけていた。さらに、将軍から険しい山岳地帯で勝利を収めるための最大の武器は、ほとんどの隊員が1度も乗ったことのない“馬”だと言い渡される。
製作費: $35,000,000 (53億円)
興行収入: $67,450,815 (101億円)
推定収支: $32,450,815 (49億円)
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監督: Nicolai Fuglsig
脚本: Doug Stanton / ピーター・クレイグ / Ted Tally
音楽: ローン・バルフェ
制作: ジェリー・ブラッカイマー / Molly Smith / Thad Luckinbill
撮影監督: ラスムス・ヴィデベック
制作会社: Torridon Films / Alcon Entertainment / Black Label Media / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / 16:14 Entertainment
Not really my sort of thing, but I can't go so far as to say that it's "bad". It's a little formulaic and it's a lot American patriotic (ironic given that the star is Australian), but it's... I guess "professional" is the word that best suits it? I wouldn't begrudge the target market for enjoying _12 Strong_ is what I'm saying. _Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._
In every aspect a decent war film with a story worth telling. Too bad the cast doesn’t get to shine enough, but the technical aspect, the score and the fact that it's based on a true story still make ‘12 Strong’ worth a watch or two. 8/10
It’s a bitter irony that 12 Strong was released only three years before Kabul fell faster than Kevin Spacey’s career. Then again, this movie has as much to do with the war in Afghanistan as the Arab uprising has to do with Lawrence of Arabia — which is exactly where director Nicolai Fuglsig and screenwriters Ted Tally and Peter Craig seem to have gotten their idea of General Dostum (Navid Negahban), whom they have filtered through George C. Scott's Patton, and given a Historical Hero Upgrade. Generally speaking, the film lives in its very own fantasy world. Granted, most movies take liberties, but what 12 Strong does is more akin to libertinage. It purports to depict "one of the US military's most stunning achievements," which Al Quaeda "considers ... to be their worst defeat." The former... sure, why not? As for the latter, though, Al Quaeda may or may not consider it its "worst defeat," but even if they did, methinks they wouldn’t be caught dead admitting it, so the question is, who exactly is your source? Furthermore, we learn that the real-life General Dostum and Captain Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) "remain close friends to this day" — which means that you’re never too old to have an imaginary friend, what with Mitch Nelson being a fictional character and all (based on Green Beret commander Mark Nutsch, who I assume had the good sense to not want to be associated with this dumpster fire).
