Finished watching 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi directed by Michael Bay and starring John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Matt Letscher and David Costabile. The film opens up with military veteran Jack Da Silva (John Krasinski) arriving in Banghazi on a military contract for the CIA where he is picked up by his friend Tyrone S. "Rone" Woods (James Badge Dale) who takes him to The Annex, a CIA outpost that is under a mile away from the American Embassy. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens (Matt Letscher) takes residence at the embassy while on a diplomatic mission in Libya with limited security. During the anniversary of the September 11 attacks the embassy is attacked leading to the residents of the embassy to lock themselves in a safe room when the attackers to set the building on fire. While at the Annex the Jack, Tyrone and the rest of their team notice the smoke coming from the embassy causing them to prepare for a fight when the head of the base (David Costabile)stops them for having no one to protect them if the attackers decide to attack the outpost. Without giving it a second thought the team head out to help the embassy only for the attackers to follow them back. Overall this was a decent film as it has some great action scenes with a very intriguing story. The character development is decent as a lot of it comes from the the scene just before the attack where the team are at their base talking to their families. While the character of Jack Da Silva gets the most development throughout the film as he is the main character of the film and the story features his family fairly prominently in points of the film. The use of camerawork is great as it helps to give a perspective on the location and characters thanks to the use of many different camera shots like points of view shot of the soldiers and a birds eye view of the compound as well. However some of the shots feel out of place some parts of the film look to have been edited in a different colour tone to the camera shots that were taken before and after it. 6/10.
Friday 5 February 2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Film Review
Finished watching 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi directed by Michael Bay and starring John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Matt Letscher and David Costabile. The film opens up with military veteran Jack Da Silva (John Krasinski) arriving in Banghazi on a military contract for the CIA where he is picked up by his friend Tyrone S. "Rone" Woods (James Badge Dale) who takes him to The Annex, a CIA outpost that is under a mile away from the American Embassy. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens (Matt Letscher) takes residence at the embassy while on a diplomatic mission in Libya with limited security. During the anniversary of the September 11 attacks the embassy is attacked leading to the residents of the embassy to lock themselves in a safe room when the attackers to set the building on fire. While at the Annex the Jack, Tyrone and the rest of their team notice the smoke coming from the embassy causing them to prepare for a fight when the head of the base (David Costabile)stops them for having no one to protect them if the attackers decide to attack the outpost. Without giving it a second thought the team head out to help the embassy only for the attackers to follow them back. Overall this was a decent film as it has some great action scenes with a very intriguing story. The character development is decent as a lot of it comes from the the scene just before the attack where the team are at their base talking to their families. While the character of Jack Da Silva gets the most development throughout the film as he is the main character of the film and the story features his family fairly prominently in points of the film. The use of camerawork is great as it helps to give a perspective on the location and characters thanks to the use of many different camera shots like points of view shot of the soldiers and a birds eye view of the compound as well. However some of the shots feel out of place some parts of the film look to have been edited in a different colour tone to the camera shots that were taken before and after it. 6/10.
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