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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

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As an American ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

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Sona Jillani
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As an American ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

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In 2012, the threat level in Benghazi, Libya was deemed "critical". When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.

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Rated R for strong combat violence throughout, bloody images, and language | See all certifications »

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15 January 2016 (USA)  »

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$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,000,000 (USA) (15 January 2016)

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$52,822,418 (USA) (18 March 2016)
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According to Mark Geist in a January 18, 2016 interview on the Mark Levin radio program, the mortar rounds that hit the roof had a kill radius of twenty-one feet, meaning anybody within twenty-one feet of a round was as good as dead. See more »

Goofs

Sean Smith is briefly seen playing on an Xbox console the night of the attack and holding a controller when he meets up with Ambassador Stevens and Agent Wickland. In reality, he was on a computer playing an online RPG game, EVE Online, with friends. See more »

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Tyrone 'Rone' Woods: What you got, Boon?
Dave 'Boon' Benton: All the gods, all the heavens & All the hells are within you.
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Riviting Authenticity
13 January 2016 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Riveting Authenticity is the first feeling I had when the movie ended. After watching these events unfold. If you don't feel for these real life men, soldiers, heroes, Americans.... You may want to consider a frontal lobotomy. Or just stop reading and/or watching anything political. This work is best viewed after removing the talking points/ talking heads. Only recount the actual time line of events from the Bengasi hearings on c-span. This work gives a mega phone to those who's voices where dismissed and a heart to those who can never speak again. Michael Bay clearly did the right thing by taking direction from those who where actually there. That is evident throughout the movie and really gives a heightened authenticity. One of the best historical war movies ever. Several emotions smack you hard throughout this movie. The acting was very well done by pretty much everyone. John Krasinski probably impressed me the most. I have not enjoyed much of anything he has done since the office. This is a rare film in that I will want to see again. I hope this work can help heal a country that was stabbed in the gut by the attempt to muddle the facts from that day.


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