Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) by Ethan L — 18 Nov 2016

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is directed by Michael Bay, and it stars John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, and Pablo Schreiber in an action film about a group of soldiers in Benghazi that's protecting the city, and then all of a sudden, there are a lot of rebellious people with guns going against every American that are in Benghazi.

I was curious to see this not because of Michael Bay as a director, but because of the event that happened there, and Chuck Hogan's writing debut for a film. To my surprised, this film is Michael Bay's most mature film from his career.

The acting is very solid, which I wasn't expected to see John Krasinski do very well as an action lead. The action scenes are well done, which is basically most of the film that is a bit like Black Hawk Down, and the gore effects is really good, which is unexpected from Michael Bay.

The writing by Chuck Hogan is fine, for the most part that is as there are some corny dialogue in this that makes me go, really? The characters are not that memorable as the development on the soldiers, are that either they have family, or a wife, and that's it.

Krasinski's character is the most developed character, but some of it aren't that necessary as there are scenes about his development that we already know about. The movie shouldn't rally be that long of a film, and could've been cut down a bit.

There are some humor moments that were odd, but there are humor moments that got a laugh out of me and doesn't feel like there's a comic relief character. As is, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is a great film that doesn't feel like a Michael Bay film.