Rarely do films based on true stories hit theaters without hailstorms of fact-checking and cries of historical revisionism.

Its just a movie.

In that sense,13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghaziis unique, because its notjusta movie.

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Its a Michael Bay movie.

These guys are badasses from Michael Bays Alpha Male Signature Series CollectionTM.

They gear up in montages and understand the irony of saying Welcome to Benghazi after a tense standoff.

His action is still geographically confused, but Bay works best with chaos.

Theres no shortage of that here.

13 Hoursis a history lesson asCall of DutyDLC expansion pack.

Theres a real story of American heroism somewhere in here, but its diluted by Bays worst tendencies.