When it comes to modern war movies, some people will think of the classic "Black Hawk Down", or "The Hurt Locker", which showed its head at the Oscars, and the suspenseful war film "American Sniper" by Uncle Dongmu. The film "Lone Survivor" with anti-war significance and religiousism, including "Operation Red Sea", which greatly promoted the development of the Chinese film industry, are all excellent modern war movies. As time goes by, these modern war movies seem to be forgotten, and the box office is very bleak. However, in 2016, a modern war movie "Thirteen Hours of Crisis" that refreshed the box office of an R-rated movie was born, bringing this theme to a climax again!
Based on a true story, the film focuses on the entire process of the 2012 attack on the US embassy. On the evening of September 11, 2012, many demonstrators stormed the U.S. Embassy in Libya in Benghazi. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was assassinated. He was also the first person to serve in the United States since the assassination of Adolf Dabbs in Kabul in 1979. US ambassador assassinated during his tenure. In August 2013, the U.S. government filed charges against several suspects and offered a reward of $10 million for their capture. The new film directed by Michael Bay is based on Mitchell Zhukov's novel of the same name and is a political film.
On September 11, 2012, an anti-American demonstration took place in front of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. After dark, dozens of militants stormed the consulate. Four people, including Vince, died. This is also the first American ambassador to be killed by terrorists in 33 years. The film "13 Hours of Crisis" is based on this real event. Several retired special forces, for various reasons, left their relatives, left their homes, and came to distant Libya to become security personnel in secret bases. Libya, which overthrew Gaddafi, has not become the paradise people imagined, with the proliferation of guns, economic depression, and frequent chaos. The new US ambassador was attacked by a mob and killed in hiding. The special forces who could not be rescued set up defenses at their own bases, both for their duty and for survival, and fought a fierce battle with a group of armed thugs. Unfortunately, the battle was brutal. This is mainly about the terrorist attack on the US embassy in Benghazi during the Libyan unrest, and the six former SEALs fought against the terrorists.
The overall rhythm of this film is well mastered by the director. The foreshadowing in the first 40 minutes allows the six special forces members to portray vividly and vividly. From the point of view of the picture shooting, the director who has filmed Transformers and Pearl Harbor, the picture and rhythm control The feeling is still strong. The grand war scenes, the messy and orderly editing, the rhythmic drum soundtrack, and the free switching of various perspectives are the highlights of this film. In the second half of the war, I held my breath for almost every second, following the rhythm of the movie and becoming nervous, including the strange phenomena before the war, which made it even more tense, and added elements of a thriller at the same time as the war.
The Libya incident should be considered a big problem. The director's original intention was to restore it to a high degree, and it was destined to be extremely difficult. This kind of vertigo is partly caused by the chaos of the movie, but it is by no means bloody. In fact, the picture of this film is not bloody, but the spark special effects of the explosion are a bit unacceptable. Probably it has something to do with the local religions, beliefs, and the hot-headed people. They really understand the horror of these so-called radicals. Faith can help people and can also destroy people. Is the lack of faith in China good or bad? In the past, I thought that the lack of faith in China was one of the reasons for a lot of social chaos, but now it seems that faith is not that important.
Since it is based on real historical events, the director cannot play freely in the plot, so all kinds of weapons and equipment and explosion scenes are naturally left to attract people's attention. As the dictator of Libya, Gaddafi's death did not bring peace to the country, and American soldiers did not earn the respect they deserve locally. On the contrary, in the post-Gaddafi era, there are still wars and chaos, various political forces and religious groups come and go, and Western countries are in an embarrassing situation locally. The story is very touching and highly recognizable. When I watched the movie, I was completely immersed in the storyline. The joys and sorrows in the movie are the most moving, because the movie has to produce good results in a short period of time, and the power of love is also great. The framing of the film is excellent, especially its close-up shots, which bring out the inner world of everyone vividly.
There are also some jokes in the film, which is something the director is very good at, and there is no sense of disobedience at all. In addition to the praise of the special forces, the film also reflects the bureaucracy in Iraq and the defects of American politics from the side. For example, the Iraqi soldiers in the film fought over who would fly the plane and wasted a lot of time. There is also the rescue of the United States. In the film, the American intelligence officers and six special forces trapped in Benghazi want the local people to shoot a few fighter jets without launching missiles. Just one flight over the sky is enough to scare the terrorists. However, the U.S. government felt that this was a waste of resources and left them on standby waiting for support. Although the trapped people said nothing, there was no response.
At the last moment, the six special forces successfully protected the trapped people until the support troops arrived, but they paid the price of blood and even their lives, but the US government believes that the people who are really worthy of recognition are the support troops, and these few survived. The special forces soldiers didn't even get a medal.
One of my favorite lines in the film is "You have no obligation to save them, but we are the only ones who can save them." That's what the captain said to his five special forces before the battle, and at the end his body stay in Benghazi forever...
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