As the movie shows, security at the diplomatic compound was fatally thin and warning signs went unheeded. On the night of september 11, 2012, the american diplomatic mission at benghazi, libya, came under ferocious attack by a heavily armed group of islamic terrorists. The secret soldiers of benghazi is a comparatively mature and restrained effort from michael bay, albeit one that cant quite boast the impact its factbased story deserves. His new book, written with bill harlow, is the great war of our time. The film stars paul walker, genesis rodriguez, tj hassan, shane jacobsen, and judd lormand. The movie is based on a book cowritten by geist, paronto and.
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Is john krasinskis character jack da silva based on a real person. A lot of people are gonna walk into this film knowing its about the guy who cut his arm off. The new movie hours tells the story of the 2012 attack on the us diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya. Jan 12, 2016 michael bay has made movies based on true stories before, but hours. Secret soldiers of benghazi discuss reallife events. Director michael bay delves into the true story of the 2012 benghazi terrorist attack in a red band and green band trailer for hours. The film premiered on march 10, 20 at the south by southwest film festival in the topfer theatre in austin, texas. In those moments, hours feels like a much better movie. The film thirteen is based on the true story of nikki reed.
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