13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Rating 8.5 out of 10
Normally January is the dumping ground for movie studios. If they have a movie that is not that good or not nearly as good as they hoped it would be they dump in in January. I guess historically it's the slowest month of the year for ticket sales and the weather is so cold you will go see anything? I am happy to say that is not the case in this movie.
This is a movie Hillary won't be going to. This is a telling of the true story of the Embassy in Benghazi being attacked and the US so called leaders refusing to send any help. When the embassy is attacked by several hundred bad guys it falls upon six ex-military men the CIA hired to as security guards to protect the twenty five people inside. To make things more difficult it's nearly impossible to tell the good Benghazi guys from the bad ones that want to kill them.
The movie does a good job showing how crazy the night was and the desperation when repeated calls for help go unanswered or denied. Director Michael Bay shows us the problems without getting into the specific politicians. Myself, I'd rather he named some names and pointed fingers.
Casting is spot on. Skinny John Krasinski is all beefed up as are the other soldiers. This is just a good flag waving blow them up fun movie to watch.
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