Review: '12 Strong' infuses heart into war, but doesn’t dive too deep

[The Patriot]

Review: '12 Strong' infuses heart into war, but doesn’t dive too deep

01-17-2018 12:52 PM

If you’re doing your job right in the U.S. Special Forces, it likely means no one will ever know. It’s a tough, elite and highly classified position, where acts of incredible heroism never get the ticker tape parade, and that’s kind of the point. These soldiers are supposed to slip into and out of secret missions without making the evening news. “12 Strong” tells just one of those extraordinary stories, fought in the mountains of Afghanistan in the winter of 2001.


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