“12 Strong” (*** out of four) was an engrossing true story about the first special forces team (Chris Helmsworth, Michael Pena, Michael Shannon, and others) deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11 and had to work with various Afghan warlords to take down the Taliban and had to face sudden death at every turn. A sincerely done homage to the risks that soldiers took in what was a classified and almost completely unknown mission that turned out to be one of the key losses to Al Qaeda; good performances and good action scenes, and most importantly features terrific camaraderie between the soldiers. Helmsworth has never been better as a man determined to save his country no matter the danger. The real special forces unit are shown in films final credits.