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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone know about 13 Hours: Benghazi action flick? Is this gop based?
At first glance, it looks like a meaningless money-grab.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/13-hours-michael-bay-benghazi-review/424299/
13 Hours: The Benghazi Action Movie No One Wanted
The Transformers director Michael Bay offers a rip-roaring drama based on the 2012 events in Libya, but channels none of the complexity the subject deserved.
http://www.thirteenhoursmovie.com/?gclid=CjwKEAiAt_K0BRCzjtv92_HGoR0SJAA9QNn_HY5LzDTydVkTJZ_guE5VeXmFifFDnu8Uvo2fJPVURBoC8zLw_wcB
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Basically arguing that we should be killing more muslims and that diplomats are useless - even if they don't reference Hillary Clinton by name there will be plenty on the right who will use this money to slander her.
Bryant
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)4th place (16.0 M) this weekend, and a 59% score on rotten tomatoes.
By next month no one will even remember it.
brush
(53,764 posts)It was timed to hurt Clinton and by extention, the Democratic party.
RandySF
(58,770 posts)Quixote1818
(28,928 posts)and neither were the republican cutbacks in security that ultimately was the main problem.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)January is the slowest month for movie going, cold and the big ones all came out at Christmas. Sounds like the studio didn't expect much from this. See tons of ads for this on ESPN so you know who they're gearing it towards.