13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

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

Critics were sharply divided on whether Michael Bay could do justice to the real events at Benghazi. Those who warmed to the film credited its battle sequences and ensemble performances, and saw it as a more restrained Bay than usual; detractors found the screenplay muddled and Bay's direction as juvenile and myopic as ever. Audiences responded far more enthusiastically than critics, suggesting the film's on-the-ground intensity lands differently outside the critical press.