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Chuck HoganCinematography:
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Lorne BalfeCast:
John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini, Alexia Barlier, David Costabile, Payman Maadi, Matt Letscher (more)VOD (3)
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Action thriller based on the novel by Mitchell Zuckoff and true events from film-maker Michael Bay. On the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a militant group strike an American compound and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya. A security team of CIA contractors including military veterans who served with the Navy SEALs, Marine Corps and Army Special Forces make a stand against the militants to defend the American Ambassador and his staff. The six members of the team are Jack Da Silva (John Krasinski), Kris 'Tanto' Paronto (Pablo Schreiber), Tyrone S. 'Rone' Woods (James Badge Dale), Oz (Max Martini), John 'Tig' Tiegen (Dominic Fumusa) and Glen 'Bub' Doherty (Toby Stephens). The story follows the team members as they defend the American diplomatic base in an attack that lasts over 13 hours. (Paramount Pictures AU)
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A riveting and intense film with Michael Bay at the peak of his career! "Call Of Duty" rules! And I give it a five cleaner than the bottom of the ocean. This movie absolutely outdoes all war movies of similar stature (Lone Survivor, American Sniper, Jarhead). After a slower opening, Bay serves up perhaps 100 minutes of epic, spectacular and intense warfare, with this elite six defending the embassy tooth and nail against the waves of Libyans! The six elite Marines are superbly chosen and although there are no familiar faces among them, they all perform so professionally and convincingly that you keep your fingers crossed for 144 minutes. The cinematography is undeniably stunning, the authenticity and dark atmosphere draws you in so much that you feel they are spending time with the characters in the film, and the explosions are a blast in places. The properly served brutality is also a pleasure, especially towards the end people with weaker stomachs will close their eyes, while "The Others" will rejoice and growl with joy. There are also plenty of powerful and memorable moments that bring goosebumps and tears flow at the same time, and I think five times I screamed for joy across the cinema. Yes that's how much the film excited me. A motherfucking intense movie right off the edge of the year and it undoubtedly will have a place in the Top 10. Story 7/10, Atmosphere 8/10, Gore 8/10, Visuals 10/10, Action 10/10, Suspense 9/10, Humour 5/10. Entertainment 9/10. 95%. More of this, please!
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It's a shame that some of the sympathetic believable bearded men end up being so interchangeable in the chaos, though the film's opening takes quite a bit of care to introduce them as best it can. It's the only thing that bothered me about 13 Hours. But on the other hand, it is quite possible that when I see the film on DVD, I will be able to tell one from the other more easily and it will only improve the film. Michael Bay surprised me - the film is not that pathetic (by his standards!), the action is not overdone and the wait for it is really exciting. The script can afford to let the characters say lines like "It's like Black Hawk Down!" without sounding ridiculous, and the director can use a trick mortar shell flight to refer to the dropping of the Japanese bomb in Pearl Harbor... I hardly noticed the runtime, there was always something going on and everything was in moderation. In short, more than a good film.
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Michael Bay is a commercial filmmaker with a great grasp of basic genre scales and practices, but he cannot naturalise all the events, including the action sequences, and give them a fatal, physically painful feel. 13 Hours is a prototype of a good action flick, but it desperately lacks any innovative impulse that would elevate it to the category of excellent – the protagonist is presented using the most profane clichés and his only motivation is traditionally to return to his wife and small daughters, while the other players in the story are nothing but passer-bys, hard to tell from one another thanks to identical physical parameters in the action turmoil. The basic plot is plumped up by the annoying figure of the irrational boss, who only acts expediently to further escalate the situation, and finally the action itself doesn't make you completely surrender to it and forget everything else. We can praise the fast pace, thanks to which the runtime doesn't feel excessive, and the opening documentary passage and the related depiction of Benghazi as a real hell on earth, where killing is the order of the day. It's a more sincere and effective film than the disparate Pearl Harbor, but still too contrived and lacking in intensity, a stale looser compared to Black Hawk Down. 60%
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Black Hawk down for good. After watching the murderous footage and a more than thorough introduction, it is clear that this is a dream project, whose author was unrestrained and thus able to fulfil his greatest wishes. And although the motivational speeches or threats about dead Americans bring to mind Pearl Harbor with their quantity, it only slightly diminishes the experience. When it comes down to it, Grade AAA Action comes to the forefront, proving that Michael Bay simply never gets old, but matures in his own way. Every salvo or explosion surpasses everything you could possibly see in the genre with its dynamism, and the increasing fear for the main characters drives towards an overheated and even more exhaustively satisfying finale for the audience.
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13 Hours subjectively ends it, Michael Bay pulls one pathetic cartridge after another from his sleeve, there are bloody plastic bags and an American flag... Otherwise, this attempt to grasp the absurdity of the geopolitical situation through a realistic view is pleasantly cheesy. You would go for a beer and a fox hunt with most of the heroes-contractors. They are full-bearded, pert, simple and, unlike over-wise and re-educated operatives, they "know the map". But the action served in waves has balls, a gore factor and dynamics. At times, however, Bay forgets that he wanted to stay short and pulls out his typical mortars. The runtime is hard to defend, and ideologically, this work (like all of Michael's "more thoughtful" films) moves on a minefield of hardness... but it is quite fun, not as sharply cut and cohesive as Black Hawk Down, but it's still reliable enough to the title of the sweatiest and most sentimental macho film of 2016. Too bad Optimus Prime doesn’t emerge at the end. That would be expensive.
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