13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was ri...
Action, Thriller, War
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2016
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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.
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Runtime:
144 min
Release date:
14 Jan 2016
Country:
US
Languages:
Arabic, English
Budget:
$50,000,000
Revenue:
$69,411,370
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The final word on this incident will require a more thoughtful filmmaker. But hopefully, that artist will possess at least half of Bay's punishing, peerless craft.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out,
20 Jan 2016
fresh:
The movie is imperfect and overlong but it's never boring. And, although aspects of its factual accuracy can be called into question, it does a decent job of chronicling what happened that night.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
16 Jan 2016
rotten:
Several critics have given 13 Hours a pass, citing Bay's skill at action engineering. It's his failure at everything else that makes this movie as hard to endure as it is impossible to believe. #helpme
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan 2016
fresh:
[Bay] does well here what he always does well: He keeps the action at full throttle. This is also what he does so annoyingly: He always keeps things at full throttle.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Jan 2016
rotten:
[Bay] is hell on manly banter amid the explosions ("Just another Tuesday night in Benghazi"), and also moments carefully calculated to make you feel the horrors - and the heroics - of war. Emphasis on "calculated."
– Matthew Lickona,
San Diego Reader,
15 Jan 2016