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
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
2016 · 2h 24m · R
Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Directed by
Michael Bay
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
51%
Tomatometer
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
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
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
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
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