Excellently done and certainly one of Michael Bay's better movies.

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2016)

13 Hours was a movie that was excellently done by the much maligned Michael Bay and it also shows that you don't need any megastars to feature in a huge movie. The combat scenes are unflinchingly realistic similar to Black Hawk Down (2001) and from start to finish the entire movie was intense and I found myself glued to my seat the entire time.
Based on the real life Benghazi attack that occurred on 11 September 2012, 13 hours focuses on the private military contractors stationed in Benghazi including as Tyrone "Rone" Woods (James Badge Dale, The Departed), Jack Silva (John Krasinski, The Office), Mark "Oz" Geist (Max Martini, Saving Private Ryan ), John "Tig" Tiegen (Dominic Fumusa, Nurse Jackie), Kris "Tanto" Paronto (Pablo Schreiber, The Wire), and Dave "Boon" Benton (David Denman, The Office). The private contractors answer to "The Chief" (David Costabile, Breaking Bad) who constantly reminds them to avoid conflict with the locals to preserve an international incident, until the contractors overrule him once the diplomatic compound comes under attack. Without any further military support the military contractors and the rest of the embassy staff members find themselves fighting for survival and utilising their old military skills against the large number of militants armed to the teeth with automatic weapons, rockets and other assorted weapons.
The cast is excellent including the ever reliable James Badge Dale and in a surprise casting John Krasinski who is often well known for comedic roles. Michael Bay frequently receives a critical mauling for his movies but this time he has done an excellent job. Right up there amongst Bad Boys (1995), The Rock (1996), Transformers (2007) and Pain & Gain (2013) this is one of Michael Bay's better movies.
All political controversy aside, 13 Hours was an excellent movie from start to finish which has told the story that needed to be told and given the Benghazi attack justice.
9/10.