Actors: James Badge Dale, John
Krasinski, Max Martini, Toby Stephens, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic
Fumusa, Freddie Stroma, Alexia Barlier.
Rating: 9 out of 10, While the actual
events of the Benghazi attack have become political fodder for the past few
years this is apparently an accurate portrayal of the events in 2012,
blissfully stripped of all the politics, well except for a CIA station chief
with a stick firmly up his posterior. I thought this would be an attack on
Clinton but it’s not that at all. It’s the story of some true American heroes,
former Special Forces soldiers contracted for security of the CIA post. They
respond to the attack of the ambassador’s house and then return back to the
base to defend it against a horde of radicals attacking from all sides. The
battle scenes are very realistic along with human foibles always involved. The
actors obviously spent some time with great coaches for their roles because
they had the lingo and movements of operators down cold. I was wondering why a
director like Bay would step into the political mess that is the aftermath of
this affair but I honestly believe he was trying to honor the sacrifices of
these special men which has been lost in the politics. Go see this movie to
honor them and their incredible toughness and sacrifice. Best movie I’ve seen
so far this year. I read an interview with one of the actual heroes and he was
asked if he blamed Clinton for Benghazi. He responded simply that, no, he
blamed the radical Islamic terrorists who attacked that night; kind of
refreshing to hear an opinion like that in this most political of all seasons.
MVP: Dale as the tragic leader of the
GRS - Rone
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