WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG, SIX MEN HAD THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT.
Director Michael Bay took a break from his robots and turned his attention to a real-life event that became a political hot potato for then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ā the attack on a U.S. base in Benghazi, Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens. The film focuses not on politics as much as a team of military contractors who are left defending a CIA outpost. Long but often compelling, the film delivers when it comes to the action (of which there is plenty). But neither the clichĆ©d script nor Bayās bombastic style shows any real interest in the characters.
2016-U.S. 144 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed byĀ Michael Bay. Book: Mitchell Zuckoff. Cast: John Krasinski (Jack Da Silva), James Badge Dale (Tyrone āRoneā Woods), Pablo Schreiber (Kris āTantoā Paronto), David Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini.
