Michael Bay's latest film is an action thriller that's surprisingly mature and actually pretty good. It's based on the book about the security team that defended an American compound in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, but don't expect it to be all that historically accurate. Bay instead focuses more on delivering the action, which is very entertaining and at times brutal with it's 144 minute runtime not dragging much at all. Although the action is the dominant factor, the film does still manage to retain a little of it's subjects depth, even it's characterisations are still rather generic (the usual family men questioning what their doing). The camerawork and editing is also very dizzying at times, though there are a few nice little bits in there.
Overall this is a pretty decent movie and definitely one of the better ones that Michael Bay has directed. An enjoyable war thriller with good action.
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