13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) on Netflix
Militants assault a U.S. compound in Benghazi. The American ambassador is killed, and a private security team must fight through the chaos.
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Plot summary
In 2012 Benghazi, after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, a U.S. diplomatic compound remains open while a nearby CIA annex is guarded by a private security team. Jack Silva arrives as a new member and is met by team leader Rone Woods. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens comes to the city to maintain diplomatic ties and stays at the compound with limited protection from Diplomatic Security agents and a local militia. On September 11, Stevens sees men taking pictures of the compound. That night, militants storm the compound, and the local guards surrender their posts. The ambassador and an IT specialist are trapped in a safe room as attackers set the building on fire. The security team, held back at first by the CIA chief, pushes to mount a rescue.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
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- Greg P. Russell, one of the four 13 Hours sound mixers nominated for Best Sound Mixing at the 89th Academy Awards, had his nomination rescinded after he was found to have phoned Academy voters in violation of campaigning regulations.
- Libya's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Salah Belnaba, called the film's portrayal of Libyans "fanatical and ignorant", and Culture and Information Minister Omar Gawaari said Michael Bay turned America's failure to protect its own citizens into a typical action movie about American heroism.
- The film's stand-down scene was disputed: CIA contractor Kris "Tanto" Paronto said the words were used verbatim, while the CIA base chief portrayed in the film said there never was a stand-down order and that he never second-guessed that the team would depart.
- 13 Hours's portrayal of air support being denied during the Benghazi attack was also disputed; a House Armed Services Committee report found air support was unavailable or would have arrived too late to make a difference.
