LOS ANGELES, Oct 20 — Warner Bros has released the first trailer for true story war drama 12 Strong that stars Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon.
The film is based on the book Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton and it tells the story of how a small band of American soldiers, post the 9/11 attacks, join forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback in Afghanistan.
The film also stars Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Austin Stowell, Trevante Rhodes, Rob Riggle, Elsa Pataky and Taylor Sheridan.
The official synopsis of the film reads: “12 Strong is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a US Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first US troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: The Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies.”
12 Strong is set for release on January 19, 2018.
