Is '12 Strong' a true story? Here's everything you need to know about Chris Hemsworth film

12 Strong is an action-war movie directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. Released in 2018, 12 Strong cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Th Luckinbill, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle.

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12 Strong is based on a non-fiction book Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton. story is about  U.S. Army Special Forces sent to Afghanistan soon after 9/11 attacks. film can be watched on Netflix and has received mixed reviews from critics. IMDb rating of film is 6.6 out of 10. Is 12 Strong a true story? Re furr to know about  story of 12 Strong.

About film 12 Strong 

12 Strong tells story of first Special Forces team posted to Afghanistan after 9/11. team was posted under leership of a new captain and must work with an Afghan warlord to take down Taliban. 

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Is 12 Strong a true story?

movie is based on a true story based on facts of 9/11 attack. majority of characters in film are fictional, but y are inspired by actual people. Chris Hemsworth, who portrays U.S. Army Captain Mitch Nelson in film, is not a real person but was inspired by Mark Nutsch. Mark was leer of Green Beret unit to be called ' horse soldiers'. Chris met real-life soldier to prepare for his role.

Every helicopter in movie is an actual 160th helicopter as stated by Army Special Operations Command spokesman Lt. Col. Robert Bockholt. Rob Riggle, a former U.S. Marine, portrayed unit's commanding officer Colonel Max Bowers, under whom Riggle served in Afghanistan during same period. Michael Shannon portrayed real-life Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bob Pennington. William Fichtner played Col. John F. Mulholland Jr. Elsa Pataky played Amy Nutsch and Navid Negahban portrayed General Abdul Rashid Dostum.

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According to Mark, 12 Strong doesn't stick to facts entirely. Some details were exaggerated for film, but story remains to be true. Though facts may be stretched, film still represents heroes of attack.

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