Michael Bay's films are often criticized for their fast-cut, over-exaggerated style, especially big-scene action movies, which are entertaining but don't know why they keep exploding and bombing. But Michael Bay is a box office allure, and even though his blockbusters are often nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award, he maintains his unique visual style, which Steven Spielberg describes as "his eyes are made to create pure visual stimulation."
Michael Bay's heroism and patriotism are often at the heart of film presentations, and sometimes it's hard to know what he wants to make, and his characteristics, combined with 2016's "13 Hours of Crisis," fit well.
"13 Hours of Crisis" is set on the evening of September 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, when a group of Islamist militants attacked the local U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city.
The incident killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador John Stevens. Hillary Clinton, who was U.S. secretary of state at the time, was also criticized for deciding to withdraw the consulate too late and for not paying proper attention to the safety of the diplomatic consulate.
The incident was subsequently identified as not a simple mob clash, but a premeditated armed attack. At that time, about 125 to 150 Militant Islamists were reportedly involved in the attack. In the attack, the weapons used include rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 and FNF2000 assault rifles, gasoline barrels, mortars, and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and artillery. So in the "13 Hours of Crisis" movie, Michael Bay didn't seem to exaggerate the effect too much, and the attack at that time was indeed quite tragic.
And this incident pervaded the real American social patriotism, which is exactly the concept that Michael Bay often wants to express in movies. In this fierce battle, only 6 elites of the special forces composed of a security team, responsible for security work, of course, outnumbered, but under the michael Bay film, they have a wonderful counterattack, in order to hold the base, delay the occupied time, these 6 soldiers are quite brave and responsible, but also pay a painful price, comrades sacrificed, disabled.
In the relentless bombardment, they were hit by targets, of course, their hearts longed to return to the warm home quickly, but this desire was quite a luxury hope for their work on the front line.
But on the other hand, why the US government wants to do these things that it thinks is to defend world peace, but let its own children and soldiers make senseless sacrifices on the front line, this is the heartache of the film from time to time through the team leader played by actor James Bergerdale in the team and jack the native soldier played by John Krasinski.