A good surprise from Michael Bay

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2016)

The film is set in 2012 after the fall of the Kadhafi dictatorship in Libya, the CIA has a secret compound in Benghazi protected by 6 private soldiers. During the unofficial visit of the US Ambassador in the city, his residency is taking into assault by anti-American militia on the 11th of September, the CIA contractors are the only ones able to respond.
Usually Michael Bay's movies are seen only as brainless action movies with a lot of explosions especially with the Transformers movies. This movie is still what you can expect from action movie, it is well directed and incredibly breathtaking due to the short timeline during which the film is set. The tension is intense with this group of soldiers facing an army with no support coming from the US or their allies. The film gives an brilliant homage to this soldiers who fought to protect the lives of the agents and the CIA staff.
The film is well written, transcribing the events of this night still pointing the absence of intervention from the government even if they were possibilities to send air support. It also subjects that this attacks were premeditated. Nevertheless it does not denounce someone in particular for the non intervention and prefer leaving the spectator with this question (and others) in order to concentrate on the bravery of the men.