The film hours confirms that president obama and hillary clinton lied shamelessly about the benghazi attacks of september 11, 2012. The film follows six members of annex security team who fought to defend the american diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya after waves of attacks by militants. A spokesman for the cia is criticizing the michael bay movie hours. And more importantly, is hours based on a true story. Although bob has not yet seen the film, which is based on a book cowritten by. A lot of people are gonna walk into this film knowing its about the guy who cut his arm off, aron. The movie is directed by michael bay, so you know theres going to be a lot of explosions, but what is the movie actually about. Michael bay directed hours, the socalled secret soldiers of. Is john krasinskis character jack da silva based on a real person.
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of hurricane katrina. None of the 12 soldiers died during the 2001 afghanistan mission. The secret soldiers of benghazi is the gripping true story of six elite exmilitary operators assigned to protect the cia who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a u. An oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours into the flight forced the crew to abandon all. The secret soldiers of benghazi, tells the true story of six cia security contractors who bucked orders to save american lives when libyan militants attacked the u. The true story behind the benghazi movie hours by sam frizell january, 2016 1. The movie is based on a book cowritten by geist, paronto and tiegen. Michael bay and the heroes of the benghazi attack discuss the new film hours.
Benghazi film hours is already polarizing critics. The secret soldiers of benghazi brings the horrors of war to life through interviews with the reallife soldiers portrayed. Michael bay has a new action movie coming out in january, but its no transformers. Now that mainstream critics are finally getting a look at the controversial new film hours. Michael morell is the former deputy director of the cia. The secret soldiers of benghazi is an intense war drama from director michael bay. The secret soldiers of benghazi is an action thriller based on the 2014 nonfiction book written by journalist mitchell zuckoff with the annex security team. An american ambassador is killed during an attack at a u. The secret soldiers of benghazi, the movie tells the story of the september 11, 2012 attacks on. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including ride along 2, norm of the north and the lady in the van. This is a true story, bay announces at the beginning of this misbegotten. The film depicts the harrowing true story of the attack on a u.
The hours movie is compared to the true story of the benghazi attack and subsequent controversy, as told by the secret soldiers who were there. The narrative is quicklypaced, zuckoff does a remarkable job of keeping all of the disparate pieces of information together in a way that doesnt allow the reader to get lost or confused not an easy thing to do when it comes to reallife warfare narratives, and, bottom line, hours is a relatively quick and very enjoyable read. The secret soldiers of benghazi, tells the story of the deadly sept. The secret soldiers of benghazi is on netflix, and. The secret soldiers of benghazi also known simply as hours is a 2016 american action thriller film directed and produced by michael bay and written by chuck hogan, based on mitchell zuckoffs 2014 book of the same name. Apollo was nasas third moonlanding mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. The responsibility of getting this story right was the highest priority for all of us, says. Fiction about the secret soldiers in michael bays film hours movie vs. The latest featurette for michael bays benghazi movie hours. The paramount pictures movie, which stars james badge dale and john. Soldiers of benghazi discuss reallife events behind hours abc news.
The secret soldiers of benghazi is an accurate retelling of the events surrounding the terrorist attack in benghazi in 20, which resulted in the death of four people, including the us ambassador to libya. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous sunday morning in 1941. Director michael bays new movie, hours, tells the story of the attack on the us diplomatic compound in libya and the mayhem that. Bay says the main point of the movie is to honor the heroism of the guys, and he does. The secret soldiers of benghazi, a consensus has formed its a michael bay movie. Director michael bays new movie, hours, tells the story of the attack on the us diplomatic compound in libya and the mayhem that ensued. With john krasinski, pablo schreiber, james badge dale, david denman.
Michael bay has made movies based on true stories before, but hours. Here, the 12 strong movie and the true story match up. The true story behind the benghazi movie hours by sam frizell january , 2016 1. With benghazi film hours, michael bay could enter. The secret soldiers of benghazi, which portrays the fateful night that left four americans, including a u.
Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Michael bay presents the story of the 2012 benghazi attack in the trailer for his new film hours. The secret soldiers of benghazi, a gang of shouting, masked men storm the american diplomatic compound in. Michael bays hours promotes some of the worst benghazi.
The former cia chief in benghazi says a pivotal scene in hours the new michael bay movie about the 2012 attacks that left four americans dead is baloney. The secret soldiers of benghazi is an actionheavy thriller based on eyewitness accounts of the events leading up to the attacks on the temporary american mission in benghazi and the secret cia annex on sept. The secret soldiers of benghazi, tells the true story of six cia security contractors who bucked orders to save american lives when libyan militants attacked. Democratic partisans have seized on the new movie hours. For the 2014 book on which the film is based, see hours book. Michael bays benghazi movie hours is inaccurate, according to. The movies attempt to make a reallife event into an action movie, and raise the stakes by telling an audience what theyre seeing is a true story. American commandos who fought that night shared stories from the 2012 attack. Six private military contractors who work for the cia try to stave off attacks by libyan militants on two u.
The secret soldiers of benghazi is the first to be directly linked to real. Its a miracle of sorts given what they faced, a feat that the movie does a good job conveying. The secret soldiers of benghazi was released in 2016 on friday, january 15, 2016 in nationwide movie theaters. Michael bay, the fourtime transformers helmer, has long been a purveyor of militaristic action draped in apolitical bigbudget fantasy. The secret soldiers of benghazi comes out friday in the united states, and its sure to prove controversial. The secret soldiers of benghazi is an accurate retelling of the events surrounding the terrorist attack in. The secret soldiers of benghazi as a distortion of the events and people who served in benghazi that night. What happened during the 2012 benghazi attack is the most scrutinized, most politically explosive hours in recent history, and now the reallife american commandos who fought that night are coming forward to share their stories. In researching the hours true story, we discovered that john krasinskis character was indeed based on a real person, a navy seal whose name was.
The cias fight against terrorismfrom al qaida to isis twelve. Michael bay has assured audiences that his libyanset military thriller hours. The film is based on the book hours by mitchell zuckoff, which in turn was based off of interviews with five of the soldiers involved in the battle at benghazi. The film follows the terrorist attack on the american embassy in benghazi, libya. Wont play from different parts while casting, only from beginning. Hours 20 film hours is a 20 american disaster drama thriller film directed and written by eric heisserer. In those moments, hours feels like a much better movie. In researching the hours true story, we discovered that john krasinskis character was indeed based on a real person, a navy seal whose name was changed for the book and movie to protect his identity. Its a movie thats based on a true story, an unthinkable ordeal, one unimaginable act. The true story of hours, in bayworthy broad strokes, is this. The secret soldiers of benghazi also known simply as hours is a 2016 american biographical war film directed and coproduced by michael bay and written by chuck hogan, based on. The secret soldiers of benghazi is streaming, if hours. From director michael bay, hours is the gripping true story of six elite exmilitary operators assigned to protect the cia who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a u.
Bay employs jump scares and an unhealthy sense of paranoia in simplifying true. His new book, written with bill harlow, is the great war of our time. The true story behind the benghazi movie hours time magazine. Michael bay directed hours, the socalled secret soldiers of benghazi version of what happened. The film stars paul walker, genesis rodriguez, tj hassan, shane jacobsen, and judd lormand. With paul walker, genesis rodriguez, nancy nave, shane jacobsen. Secret soldiers of benghazi discuss reallife events behind.
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