13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) (original) (raw)

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. (less)

Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Chuck Hogan, Mitchell Zuckoff
Starring: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini
Producer: Erwin Stoff

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Review by Brian Orndorf, January 14, 2016

5 / 10

The last time director Michael Bay lunged for legitimacy, he unleashed 2001�s �Pearl Harbor� on the world, laboring to locate the fine line between respect for history and profitable extravaganza. He�s after a different type of disaster story with �13 Hours,� which dramatizes the 2012 Benghazi diplomatic compound attack, pitting military contractors against Libyan militia. Bay�s not known for his light touch, and the opportunity to pound audiences with his traditional pyrotechnic display proves to be too great a temptation for an event that�s loaded with complexity and various participants. �1 ...read more...

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