When Michael Bay decides to do more effort...

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2016)

This movie is probably the last good thing we see from Director Michael Bay... I hate the movies this guy makes, except for the first Bad Boys and the Rock, the rest of his movies, let's just say that they aren't that well made in some aspects, but oh boy he did made something here. I won't say that this is the movie that is going to redefine him but at least he made a pleasant surprise.
So, what is this movie all about? Well, 13 Hours tells the story of what happened in Benghazi through the perspective of the personnel involved in this huge mess of a sh*t show. 13 Hours actually tells the story really well and they actually filled everything with the most detail as possible but it had some minor flaws in the story, but I can't really blame the Writers or the Director because this event is really tricky and filled with a lot of questions still to this very day but they where really good in something! This movie was not an America or Pro-War propaganda, it was actually a well told and very humble story produced on the screen, and you know this is true when a movie can put some nails here and there and can actually provoke and shock the viewer, not make him idolize war, because let's be honest, this movie crushes everything when the main character just suggests that he doesn't want to die in a country that he wasn't even suppose to be there fighting a war that is not is own without the help of his country and then in the aftermath we see the conclusion in booth sides and if you pay close attention you see that a lot was lost in booth sides in that day... And this is another plus because I wasn't expecting this type of stuff from M. Bay.
So first off the acting! It's pretty good, everyone brought their best effort to honor the real people that where there. John Krasinski did an amazing job in the most powerful and dramatic scenes and was really good overall. Same for James Badge Dale, Dominic Fumusa, Peyman Moaadi, Max Martini and etc with a small standout performance by Pablo Schreiber.
Now, the technical aspects of the movie... Well this movie breeds with a lot of details in every shot, the only complain I have here is something that I have on every Michael Bay movie, which is the over use of sparks in some bullet hits and in some explosions. Now the camera work, well it's actually really good, the cinematography is great and the CGI was also really good. I don't want to spoil, but the is a scene where the camera just follows a something through the air until it lands and it is a really good shot. The movie also does something great, it doesn't hide the horrors and violence that this guys went through all night! This movie is gruesome and I have to say that sometimes it kinda goes too far...
So I really liked this movie, it isn't a great movie or a masterpiece of cinema, it isn't a Saving Private Ryan or a Black Hawk Down, but it is up there with some of the best in this genre.