Nominated For: Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is directed by Michael Bay and divulges the true story of the attack on the diplomatic compound and CIA base in Benghazi. Throughout his career, Michael Bay has been severely criticized for his directorial style, but his style fit quite well with
13 Hours and this is certainly his best directorial effort to date.
All of Bay's typical tropes are present in the film ,but instead of being cranked up all the way like in the
Transformers films, he holds back and pays the due respect to these true events. The film has a very similar feel to previous war films like
Black Hawk Down and
Zero Dark Thirty, and at times feels like an amalgamation of the directorial style from the two films. Bay and the cinematographers do a great job injecting the audience into the battle and action on display.
The film's ensemble is incredible and each cast member provides a great performance. The standout to me was John Krasinski who really sheds his persona from
The Office and built up quite a bit of muscle to become a very convincing soldier with some great charisma and dramatic acting. Pablo Schreiber brings a lot of comedic relief and great humor to the film that helped to alleviate the film from seeming too dark.
Now be forewarned that this is a rated "R" war film therefore there is some very intense action and appalling violence and gore that actually made a member of the audience cry out that what was on the screen was horrible. However, I'm quite certain she has military relatives or something along those lines, but if you are sensitive to that, then I'd have to say that the ending of this film may be a little too much for you.
The film certainly isn't perfect, and I'm sure there is potentially a better film that could have been made from this story, but it's a solid military film that does pay due respect to the true events and the soldiers that fought in Benghazi.
Film Assessment: B-
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