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After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his 11 comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud finds himself fleeing from the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

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The 12th Man | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Rory Marsh Little White Lies A war film that wears superior influences on its sleeve. On the flipside, it brings us the best reindeer-chase scene ever committed to film. Rated: 3/5 Jan 4, 2019 Full Review The 12th Man | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Kevin Maher Times (UK) A bold end to an original version of a familiar tale. Rated: 4/5 Jan 4, 2019 Full Review The 12th Man | Rotten Tomatoes (3) David Parkinson Empire Magazine Baalsrud never claimed to be a hero and the emphasis of this gripping reconstruction rightly falls on the resourcefulness, courage and self-sacrifice of those who epitomised the spirit of resistance. Rated: 3/5 Jan 3, 2019 Full Review The 12th Man | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Riveting both visually and narratively. Rated: 4.5/5 Aug 27, 2022 Full Review The 12th Man | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Chris Hunneysett Daily Mirror (UK) Although initially the movie is a bit of a slog, the final leg is superbly staged and finger-chewingly tense, and it left me with almost as few nails as our frostbitten hero. Rated: 3/5 Jan 4, 2019 Full Review The 12th Man | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Each sequence is informative and involving, with moments of strong suspense as well as some low-key emotional resonance. Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 3, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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isla s This struck me as a bit of a combination in terms of the plot and setting/circumstances of both The Revenant and The Book Thief (and also slightly of another perhaps less well known film called 'Another Mothers Son'). Its undoubtedly a bleak watch - at times there's not much dialogue (which, for me, were subtitles given its partly in Norwegian, German and Saami, although there is some English, I wouldn't say its the main language spoken throughout, I consider this more of a world cinema title) and often we can hear the obvious extreme discomfort of the titular character, having to try to cope with their injuries while evading re-capture, by befriending locals. For a fair number of scenes, there is quite dark (if much at all) lighting, so we can't always make out everything going on (for example, in scenes set at night) but then for some that may be a bit of a blessing if you wouldn't like to be subject to every detail. I'd certainly say that this is an effectively atmospheric film regardless.However, lighting aside - it does feature some scenes depicting bloody injuries, although I wouldn't say its over the top in terms of extreme graphic detail but if your particularly squeamish about seeing or hearing people in distress with bloody injuries, then you may well prefer to not watch this, of course. I certainly thought it was an interesting story - I like seeing how people with very few options deal with being in the place, with the people, they find themself surrounded by and what happens to them. Of course the fact its based on a true story made it even more compelling for me and I also liked some of the landscape shots/cinematography.Overall, yes I would recommend this film. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Yet an another killer combo 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought I'd like this movie better...I'm a fan of good WWII cinema, and this not only had a great based-on-true-story theme, but it had good reviews. The problem, as other reviewers indicated, is that multiple scenes are just drawn out sooooo long. I know they tried to instill the harrowing close-to-death aspect of the story, but after a handful of scenes pretty much the same except for the setting (near death in abandoned cabin, under rock, under an other rock, etc), you just lose patience with the plot. But what really got my goat (SPOILER ALERT!), was the end, where after you sit through scene after scene of near death experiences, the guy finally gets to Sweden, and then they pretty much just cut it there...another face close-up, then boom, it's three months later and the guys recovered. Yeah, it's arty, and I guess you're supposed to imagine what it was like to be finally saved, but after leaving pretty much nothing to the imagination for 2 hours, to say it's anti-climactic is an understatement. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Incredible story about the will to survive. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/01/21 Full Review Audience Member Was kind of hoping our hero would end up with the sister of the guy that helped him get over the mountain. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Really good movie with some pretty cinematography. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Harald Zwart Director Thomas Gullestad Jan Baalsrud Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Kurt Stage Mads Sjøgård Pettersen Marius Grønvoll Maria Grazia Di Meo Anna Pedersen Kim Jøran Olsen Nils "Nigo" Nilsen
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Synopsis After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his 11 comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud finds himself fleeing from the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

Director
Harald Zwart

Producer
Veslemøy Ruud Zwart, Espen Horn, Aage Aaberge, Harald Zwart

Screenwriter
Petter Skavlan

Distributor
IFC Midnight

Production Co
Doco Digital, IFC Films, Zwart Arbeid, Nordisk Film

Genre
Adventure, History, Drama

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
May 4, 2018, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 21, 2019

Runtime
2h 11m
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