a5c7b9f00b Libya, 2012. At an unofficial CIA base in Benghazi a group of ex-military contractors are providing security. In the aftermath of Gaddafi's downfall a power vacuum exists and the climate is volatile. Military weapons are freely available. The US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, makes a visit to the area, staying in a compound near the CIA base. On the night of 11 September, 2012, the Ambassador's compound is attacked by hordes of heavily armed locals. The only forces willing and able to defend it are six CIA contractors. During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. …and especially "Der Führer Schenkt die Jüden eine Stadt," the film which misled the Swiss Red Cross about Terezin. Little wonder some wag suggested that Donald Trump would name Michael Bay as his veep.<br/><br/>The actual facts of Benghazi, as expensively adduced by a Congressional kangaroo court, counter the content of this film.Even one of the Congressional committee inquisitors said that their investigation turned up NOTHING.<br/><br/>If you care for fact, don't give these people any royalties. I know the actors need jobs, and I'm sure the production values were in keeping with modern films. However, propaganda is propaganda. In my day, the 1933-45 German newsreels were relegated to history classes as examples of nasty antisemitic and other propaganda. This one will go down in history as similar fodder for hate. 13 HOURS is an exemplary true story war thriller set in Benghazi in 2012, where a number of US contractors working for the CIA found themselves under siege by an army of Libyan militants determined to destroy outside influence in their country in the aftermath of Colonel Gaddafi's demise. The film follows a siege scenario as various tough, trained figures attempt to defend two separate compounds from the murderous militants, and despite a lengthy running time this is never less than edge-of-the-seat great. The real surprise is that it was directed by Michael Bay and is far and away his best movie, head and shoulders above his usual bombastic flag-waving silliness. This goes for taught realism throughout and has some wonderful action set-pieces which utilise amazing sets, effects, and camerawork to put the viewer into the heart of pitched gun battles and the like. Intensity is the keyword here and as such the running time absolutely flies past. I can't recommend this enough; it's the best action-based modern-day military thriller I've seen since BLACK HAWK DOWN and is of a similar quality. Sure, Bay indulges some signature cinematic fetishes. But he shows restraint with the slowed-down, sexed-up shots. War is gritty here, not glamorous. Result: characters, stakes and emotions feel authentic — all the more so thanks to terrific actors including James Badge Dale and Pablo Schreiber as actual ex-military men and family men who battled terrorists.
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