12 Strong - 12猛漢

12 Strong (12猛漢) is an 2018 film. The movie stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, and Michael Peña. The supporting cast include Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, and Elsa Pataky. The movie is based on a true story around the 911 attacks.

A group of soldiers whom have been training together is recently disbanded due to the members wanting a more family oriented lifestyle. When the September 911 attacks happen, the recently disbanded group wants to get back together and go do something. They end up in Uzbekistan to look for the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. The 12 men face obstecles all along the way. In a roughly three week span, they help to weaken the Taliban and bring home all 12.

This movie was long. Way long. The battle scenes were intense and you see the dangers that the men faced. But I had little time to connect with the main group and the main group ran through the enemy seemly easily by war movie standards. Lots of explosions in general. Lots of enemy deaths. The mission was successful, but the movie was long.

Not sure I would recommend this one over other recent war movies. I will not be watching this one again. Luckily I got it during T-Mobile Tuesday's free Redbox rental deal. I might be upset if I had to pay for this.

The Fate of the Furious - 玩命關頭8

The Fate of the Furious (玩命關頭8) is an 2017 film. The film stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Kurt Russell, and Charlize Theron. This is the eighth movie of the franchise.

We start out with a race in Cuba where Dom comes out a winner and makes a friend. While on a raid, he's tempted away by Cipher to do her bidding. The group luckily doesn't die and is super confused. Why would Dom turn on his friend. Think about it for a bit, you have your answer. The crew continues on with their mission with Dom, but time and time again, Dom messes them up. How do you defeat Dom? You don't. Dom comes around and saves the day. Some driving involved, but lots of airtime too.

This is the eighth time out. None of the folks here have been in everyone. Because with #2 and #3, no one wanted to be around. But when Justin Lin put the cool back in, all the folks wanted back with #4. But its now running long in the tooth and even the box office is responding now. Can there be too much of a good thing? Can Hobbs And Shaw's spinoff do well. Shaw still killed Han, never forget. But the international market trumps the box office of the US, so they'll keep pumping them out. Vin has announce that they'll make it up to a final 10th film. Not including the spin offs.

It's been on HBO non-stop recently so I've caught parts of the movie, but there wasn't a time that I stopped to finish to the end.