The True Story Of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi

In 2016, Michael Bay directed the biographical action film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, which tells the true story of a terrorist attack on the US Ambassador to Libya, and the six soldiers that fought back against the militants. The film stars John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa, Pablo Schreiber, and David Denman. Overall, 13 Hours made $69.4 million at the box office. Though reviews were somewhat mixed, 13 Hours was praised for its fact-based depiction of the real-life event, and furthermore, earned compliments for avoiding the romanticization of war and instead portraying it as realistically dark and difficult.