The Quick of It -
Watching military flicks from the standpoint of
someone who spent time in the service makes it hard to offer an opinion without
having some bias, and I don’t mean in the good way. Just like the CSI shows, if you talk to someone who has done that
line of work, they will tell you with a cringe that it is often very fake. 13 HOURS was a good film but, even though
based on true events, was a little too over-dramatized for my taste. The action was intense, the bureaucracy is
very real, and the sense of living in a foreign country was palpable. The team of actors they assembled was a work
of genius in casting, to include the required Max Martini (‘The Unit’, PACIFIC
RIM, and many others) as a legitimate sense of quality trained soldiers. My problem with the film is that, by the
end, it comes off as a subtle propaganda piece with the not-so-classy dramatization
of story elements. Don’t get me wrong,
this is a great action movie, but don’t fall for the hype and believe that
someone would appreciate the dangers they faced put in such a light.
Grade: B
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