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13 Hours is a 2016 American biographical action-thriller film directed by Michael Bay. It dramatizes the September 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, from the viewpoint of six former military operators assigned to protect a nearby CIA facility and drawn into the defense of the U.S. diplomatic compound. The screenplay is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s nonfiction book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi.
The film is for viewers studying dramatizations of real military and diplomatic events.
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How good is 13 Hours?
13 Hours scores 6.25/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Thriller Film category. Mixed critics, stronger audience scores, praised action staging, criticized thin characterization and limited dramatic impact.
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