All month long, IGN First is spotlighting the Films to Watch in 2018. Today, we take a look at the Chris Hemsworth-starring 12 Strong, a dramatic retelling of the true story of CIA paramilitary officers and U.S. Special Forces sent to Afghanistan right after the September 11 attacks in New York.
You may know Chris Hemsworth best as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the 34-year-old Aussie is hanging up the God of Thunder's cape to to take a spin playing a real-life hero in the upcoming Warner Bros. drama 12 Strong.
Helmed by Danish director Nicolai Fuglsig and adapted from Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong tells the story of the immediate responders in Afghanistan following the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Hemsworth plays Captain Mitch Nelson, a character inspired by Mark Nutsch, a commander of a 12-man Green Beret team who went after the Taliban.
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You may know Chris Hemsworth best as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the 34-year-old Aussie is hanging up the God of Thunder's cape to to take a spin playing a real-life hero in the upcoming Warner Bros. drama 12 Strong.
Helmed by Danish director Nicolai Fuglsig and adapted from Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong tells the story of the immediate responders in Afghanistan following the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Hemsworth plays Captain Mitch Nelson, a character inspired by Mark Nutsch, a commander of a 12-man Green Beret team who went after the Taliban.
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