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This breathtaking action adventures tells an incredible true-life story of heroism and a man's unbreakable will to live. Norway, 1943: after a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud (Thomas Gullestad) finds himself on the run from the Gestapo through the snowbound Arctic reaches of Scandinavia. It's a harrowing journey across unforgiving, frozen wilderness that will stretch on for months - and force Jan to take extreme action in order to survive. With gut-punching realism and vivid psychological immediacy, director Harald Zwart pays tribute to one man's extraordinary courage - and to the everyday heroes who helped him along the way. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers costars.
Rating
NR
Director
Harald Zwart
Studio
IFC Midnight
Writer
Petter Skavlan
- I would love to give this movie 10 out of 10 if it were a bit more suspenseful, and a bit more dramatic. Learning that one person actually went through all of this, is just crazy. A lot of the moment of this movie made me think of the revenant, the acting was good but could have been great, sadly it never was. Wondering what would happen if the main character would have played by someone like leo !Reply
- Great movie especially if you are a WW2 buff! Excellently portrayed! Love to see Johnny Rhys Meyers in anything! He can do it all!Reply
- Thrilling story based on an actual occurrence during World War 2 in which a high-ranking Nazis persistently chases a Norwegian saboteur across the snowbound terrain of Northern Norway.Reply
- The best freedom-fighting reindeer in all of cinema can be found right here in "The 12th Man."Reply
- Despite a slow start and some overly graphic scenes, 'The 12th Man' is a suspenseful thriller about a World War II Norwegian resistance fighter and the people who helped him.Reply
- When Baalsrud, played with resilience by Thomas Gullestad, isn't dodging Germans, his fights against the elements bring to mind films such as The Revenant.Reply
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- In a familiar genre, "The 12th Man" preserves the element of surprise by understanding its terrain.Reply
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- Despite its occasional hokey moments, The 12th Man proves consistently engrossing and suspenseful, with its lead performances further enhancing its impact.Reply
- Crackling good WWII survival yard with a finale as dazzling as Norway's frozen mountains can provide.Reply