13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Michael Bay is famous for his superbly accurate war films, and this documentary style retelling of the Benghazi siege will go down in history as the finest work he ever produced.
The story is as follows...
US Ambassador Chris Stevens was sent to Libya, which is where the Muslims come from. He did whatever ambassadors do, and apparently did it well.
Concerns were raised about poor security at the consulate and the nearby CIA outpost due to years of neglect under George Bush. Barack Obama's repeated attempts to improve defences at both sites were constantly blocked in the Senate by hostile Republicans, who claimed it was a waste of money at a time when the USA should be completely withdrawing from Libya.
In the second week of September 2012, CIA agents noticed that the Muslims were even more angry and unpleasant than usual for that time of year. The head of the CIA compound was in a chronic state of denial, refusing to believe what his eyes and ears were clearly telling him.
Minutes before the consulate came under attack, its security detail—a bunch of poorly trained Muslims with a random assortment of firearms—fled into the night like bitches on heat. Moments later, the consulate was crawling with Muslims. There were hundreds, possibly thousands of them. Some say millions. Muslims always move in large numbers.
The consulate contacted the CIA compound for help. A crack team of CIA guys—known today as 'Obama's Heroes'—volunteered to rescue Stevens and his bodyguards, but the CIA chief refused to let them go. (In the film he repeatedly orders them to 'stand down' on his own authority. Eventually he contacts the White House to inform POTUS, by which time the consulate is on fire).
The Muslims tore the consulate apart in a furious search for the Americans, screaming and chattering in that language they speak, which sounds like a donkey fellating a camel. Chris Stevens took shelter in a safe room with his bodyguards, but they were eventually smoked out by the Muslims.
Stumbling through smoke filled rooms, Stevens was separated from the others and later died in hospital from smoke inhalation. His bodyguards were massacred by the Muslims.
Under pressure from Obama and Clinton, the CIA chief finally agreed to let his super-troops attack the Muslims. Sadly they arrived too late to save their fellow Americans, but they did manage to escape with a bunch of old typewriters and other secret consulate stuff, which they successfully saved from the Muslims.
The CIA troops battled their way back to the CIA compound, fighting off hordes of screaming Muslims in every street. The Muslims switched their attention from the consulate to the compound and hit it with every kind of Muslim weapon imaginable (e.g. AK47s, RPGs, mortars, etc.) The CIA troops fought back, killing many Muslims. This went on for 13 hours (hence the title of the film).
By dawn the compound was littered with bullet cases, dirt, debris, and the corpses of Muslims. Some Americans had died as well. Humiliated, the few remaining Muslims ran away.
Another bunch of Muslims arrived—but these were good ones, imported from Tripoli. They had been trained to defend Americans, and successfully rescued the survivors at the CIA compound. Everyone went home, including the rogue CIA chief who had issued the 'stand down' order in defiance of his government.
It was a good film. I learned a lot about the Muslims.
8/10.
The story is as follows...
US Ambassador Chris Stevens was sent to Libya, which is where the Muslims come from. He did whatever ambassadors do, and apparently did it well.
Concerns were raised about poor security at the consulate and the nearby CIA outpost due to years of neglect under George Bush. Barack Obama's repeated attempts to improve defences at both sites were constantly blocked in the Senate by hostile Republicans, who claimed it was a waste of money at a time when the USA should be completely withdrawing from Libya.
In the second week of September 2012, CIA agents noticed that the Muslims were even more angry and unpleasant than usual for that time of year. The head of the CIA compound was in a chronic state of denial, refusing to believe what his eyes and ears were clearly telling him.
Minutes before the consulate came under attack, its security detail—a bunch of poorly trained Muslims with a random assortment of firearms—fled into the night like bitches on heat. Moments later, the consulate was crawling with Muslims. There were hundreds, possibly thousands of them. Some say millions. Muslims always move in large numbers.
The consulate contacted the CIA compound for help. A crack team of CIA guys—known today as 'Obama's Heroes'—volunteered to rescue Stevens and his bodyguards, but the CIA chief refused to let them go. (In the film he repeatedly orders them to 'stand down' on his own authority. Eventually he contacts the White House to inform POTUS, by which time the consulate is on fire).
The Muslims tore the consulate apart in a furious search for the Americans, screaming and chattering in that language they speak, which sounds like a donkey fellating a camel. Chris Stevens took shelter in a safe room with his bodyguards, but they were eventually smoked out by the Muslims.
Stumbling through smoke filled rooms, Stevens was separated from the others and later died in hospital from smoke inhalation. His bodyguards were massacred by the Muslims.
Under pressure from Obama and Clinton, the CIA chief finally agreed to let his super-troops attack the Muslims. Sadly they arrived too late to save their fellow Americans, but they did manage to escape with a bunch of old typewriters and other secret consulate stuff, which they successfully saved from the Muslims.
The CIA troops battled their way back to the CIA compound, fighting off hordes of screaming Muslims in every street. The Muslims switched their attention from the consulate to the compound and hit it with every kind of Muslim weapon imaginable (e.g. AK47s, RPGs, mortars, etc.) The CIA troops fought back, killing many Muslims. This went on for 13 hours (hence the title of the film).
By dawn the compound was littered with bullet cases, dirt, debris, and the corpses of Muslims. Some Americans had died as well. Humiliated, the few remaining Muslims ran away.
Another bunch of Muslims arrived—but these were good ones, imported from Tripoli. They had been trained to defend Americans, and successfully rescued the survivors at the CIA compound. Everyone went home, including the rogue CIA chief who had issued the 'stand down' order in defiance of his government.
It was a good film. I learned a lot about the Muslims.
8/10.
I enjoyed this movie too.
