13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, film review: Siege story is demeaned by gung-ho treatment
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Formidable technique is married to reactionary and simple-minded bombast in Transformers director Michael Bay's action movie about the tragic events at Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 in which US ambassador J Christopher Stevens was killed by Islamic militants. Bay somehow makes this debacle into the story of a siege, pitting heroic, red-blooded American security contractors in matching beards against "them", as their Libyan assailants are styled. Wave on wave of attacks are unleashed, first on the "temporary diplomatic outpost" where the ambassador is staying, and then on the compound where the CIA agents and security contractors are based.
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