13 Hours

13 Hours presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya. A team of six American security operators fought to repel the attackers and protect the Americans stationed there. Those men went beyond the call of duty, performing extraordinary acts of courage and heroism, to avert tragedy on a much larger scale. This is their personal account, never before told, of what happened during the thirteen hours of that now-infamous attack.

Let me say first that with this being a Michael Bay movie, there is of course a lot of heart string pulling that could definitely be seen as over dramatic building up to the attacks.  However, I was very much okay with it in this movie.  It played incredibly well and I thought this movie was awesome.  I thought that the six soldiers were perfectly cast and I thought John Krasinski was great in a totally different role than he usually plays.  The movie did a great job of portraying the overall confusion in Benghazi and didn't just show things from one point of view.  I don't remotely pretend to be knowledgable about history or current affairs so I can't vouch for any of that accuracy.   But it seemed very much like you were there with them fighting your way through it all.

I would absolutely recommend people checking this movie out.  It was an awesome watch leaving you with lots of adrenaline and appreciation for the people that protect our country.