Honestly one of the best films I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2016)

I have seen absolutely loads of films of all genres and styles and 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is one of the best. Michael Bay does an absolutely excellent job of depicting the events of 2012 in Libya where there was controversy over support not being given to the brave men and women involved in this incident. I felt like the cast were absolutely sensational in particular, James Badge Dale as Tyrone "Rone" Woods, John Krasinski as Jack Silva and Pablo Schreiber as Kris "Tonto" Paronto. The rest and supportive cast are great too but those 3 are the standouts. The film doesn't feel like a true story but more like a straight up action film however this is good as it kind of takes your mind off of the story of you already know what happened in real life. The film, while it seems very long, is 2 hours and 24 minutes of absolutely genius filmmaking and I think Michael Bay gives us one of his best movies to date. The only concern is in every single explosion in the movie, I don't understand the need for there to be sparks flying around during them all. It's his trademark in a way but I'm not a fan of his explosions. Aside from that, no complaints whatsoever about this movie and I honestly couldn't see anyone else playing these characters. I heard Mark Wahlberg was considered to play Tyrone Woods but I'm glad he didn't. Fantastic movie, fantastic cast, fantastic directing. Overall I give it a 10/10. Recommend it to anyone who doesn't really know of the real life story. It puts a lot of things into perspective. It's also good because it puts a bit of heat on Hilary Clinton's bid for president as she was known to have played a very important role in doing absolutely nothing to help the brave men who risked everything for their countries.