An Above average war true story

Rating: 6/10 (14 February 2017)

There has been allot of buzz about this film since it has come out especially considering Michael Bay directed this film and I did enjoy this film though probably not as much as the majority of people did. The premise of this film sees six CIA soldiers having to defend a US embassy from terrorists in Benghazi. John Krasinski plays the lead soldier in this film and I thought he did a really good job, he added depth to his character and gave a powerful performance that managed to rise up his character's clichÃ© story arcs. The rest of the cast does a pretty decent job in this film to add emotional weight to the film., but unfortunately there characters just aren't very interesting and so when the action takes place you don't really care too much about these characters which is a big detriment to the film. The story of this film is pretty intense when the action takes place as you see these guys fighting for there lives against massive odds and it is intense to see. However, the first hour of this film takes allot to get going and you don't really care about the characters as none of the action is taking place. The script in this film has some decent dramatic dialogue and some decent banter between the soldiers in this film. But that traditional Michael Bay awkward humour does take place and it does hurt when it is there but it is nowhere near as bad as the Transformers films. The style of this film when the action is taking place it is great and you are with the characters as they are in this dire situation. However, as mentioned before the first hour of this film is just too slow and mundane for me and the pacing of it just doesn't work for me and really hurt this film. Credit should go to Michael Bay though for at least attempting to make a serious film and doing a pretty decent job with it. Overall if you like war films you probably should give this film a chance i think you might enjoy, otherwise it might be a bit forgettable.