13 hours just seemed longer

Rating: 4/10 (21 January 2016)

Michael Bay hasn't found a subject he can't stretch to the limits. Here he takes 13 hours and makes it feel like real time in the theater.
There is plenty of combat. Even the good guys have trouble determining who are the "good guys". The audience is left watching Tango target practice, the name given to the bad guys. One hint, if the guy is wearing a blue sweat suite he seems to be a bad guy.
So much time is spent on redundant fighting. It is worth noting that the heroes of the movie were not US military. A point was made to illustrate the lack of U.S. Government involvement including the final transport plane out of Libya.
You know you are watching special effects. Here the mortar shells spin toward the ground exactly as Bay spun the bombs in his overly long "Pearl Harbor". Michael Bay should be challenged to make make a movie with likable characters with emotional depth and a running time under two hours.
The movie plays well on the big screen with big sound. An advantage of a home platform would be the ability to pause and stretch as needed. The Americans in Benghazi deserved better.