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title = "13 Hours (2016)"
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date = 2021-03-25
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tags = ["movies", "reviews", "michael bay", "benghazi", "stars:1", "movies:2021"]
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[Wikipedia Summary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi):
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The film follows six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend the
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American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of attacks by
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militants on September 11, 2012.
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{{ stars(stars=1) }}
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For some weird reason, I thought the movie was directed by Scorcese: Long
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explanations, long dialogues, almost like some chess match in which players just
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keep moving one peon at the time...
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... and then the explosions started.
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"Scorcese went full Michael Bay", I though. Lo and behold, this is a Michael Bay
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movie.
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And, as any Michael Bay movie, you can't expect that it was two actual players
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just moving peons in a board. No no, it was just two pigeons pecking the peons
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thinking it was food.
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As any war movie of this kind, there is the obvious camaraderie between
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soldiers, in which you actually know one of them will die; as any war movie of
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this kind, one of the soldiers is about to become a parent; as any war movie of
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this kind, the enemy is just bad and have no reason besides "kill the
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protagonists".
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But it is based on real facts, but the movie seems to have ignored the *why* it
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reached that situation. History tells us that Gaddafi was taken out of power and
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that created a power vacuum, which led to extremists taking control. That's
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bad. And that is portrayed as the only reason everyone hates the American
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ambassador.
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Actually, no. That isn't portrayed. The Libyans simply *hate* Americans and
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want to kill Americans. No, it is not because everybody drives their beaten up
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cars while the Americans have brand new -- and, weirdly enough, never truly
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covered in dust -- cars. No, it is not because everywhere is a desert, except in
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the ambassador house and the annex compound. No, it is not because it seems
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Americans have turned their life pretty comfortable and doesn't seem any bit
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interested in helping the country they are in. Nope, it is pure hate for
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Americans.
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Again, as any war movie of this kind, there is the obvious "6 guys can hold up a
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horde of 300". No, it is fine, really. You see, Americans are way superior than
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any other country, so they can easily hold against that many. Bullets? Oh, no
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worries, bullets materialize up in thin air to keep the blood of the enemies of
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the greatest nation flowing.
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In the end, the movie is only worth for the [Michael Bay
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Explosions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ssUivM-eM).
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(Actually, fun fact: There is a scene when a bus coming with a large bomb and
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the Americans manage to hit it while it is inside the bus, which explodes like
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some sort of fire works factory going nuts.)
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PS: Heck, I understand that I tried to stay away from showing any signs of
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taking sides, but I guess I'm still pissed with
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[Greenland](@/reviews/movies/greenland.md).
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