13 HOURS - THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI

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13 HOURS - THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Movie

2016

(7,4 out of 10)
Azione (Thriller|Drammatico|Guerra)
2 h 25 min - 145 min
Directed by Michael Bay

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	John Krasinski
	James Badge Dale
	Pablo Schreiber
	David Denman

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Libia, 2012. Jack Silva, bisognoso di qualche guadagno extra, sceglie di imbracciare nuovamente il fucile per i GRS, le Guardie di Sicurezza, corpo di appoggio alla CIA. Arrivato a Bengasi, si trova ben presto al centro di una guerra civile. L'ultimo giorno della sua missione coincide con un attacco, ampiamente pianificato, di terroristi libici alla base segreta americana.  Aspettarsi attente disamine sul senso di una situazione intricata o sulla psicologia dei fronti bellici opposti è totalmente fuori contesto. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi è un film di Michael Bay: come tale, non è il luogo per domandarsi se sia giusto o sbagliato che l'America reciti il ruolo non richiesto di gendarme del mondo, o se il fatto di essere presente in forze anche lontano da casa propria sia causa diretta della perdita assurda di molte vite umane, americane e non.  Se Bay lancia un'invettiva politica in 13 Hours, questa è rivolta all'amministrazione in carica durante i fatti di Bengasi, e in particolare a Hilary Clinton - allora Segretario di Stato, durante l'uscita del film invece nel pieno della corsa alla Casa Bianca - attraverso riferimenti non troppo velati alla mancanza di interesse nel sostegno alle truppe e al prevalere di burocrati, che pensano solo alla pensione in luoghi che invece dovrebbero ospitare solo combattenti di professione. La rivisitazione dei fatti di Bengasi si trasforma quindi, quasi inevitabilmente, nella glorificazione dei contractors, di quei veterani restituiti alla vita civile - barba incolta, lenti a contatto, chiacchiere in skype con i familiair - ma incapaci di fare a meno del fronte di guerra. E consapevoli che la loro presenza sia fondamentale, "laggiù", in quel famigerato Medio Oriente, disprezzato per il clima e i suoi pericoli, ma inevitabile destinazione dei soldati nordamericani. Con 13 Hours Bay realizza un'opera che non si pone per niente come minore nella sua filmografia, ma al contrario come uno degli episodi più forti sul piano teorico. Riprendendo lo spirito da anarchico di destra tipico di Eastwood - guerrieri da una parte, scaldascrivanie che sanno solo dare ordini dall'altra - il regista di Transformers si getta a capofitto nell'epica della guerra perpetua soffermandosi sull'assuefazione alla stessa. Già visto in The Hurt Locker di Kathryn Bigelow, si dirà, ma la forza di Bay è (anche) l'umiltà di chi non si illude nemmeno per un attimo di essere il primo ad affermare qualcosa; unita alla tenacia di chi sa che i concetti a volte vanno ripetuti con forza perché possano divenire persistenti.  13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, tratto dalla vera storia dell'assalto alla dépendance dell'ambasciata statunitense a Bengasi, comincia dalle immagini di cronaca su Gheddafi per dedicarsi poi alla ricostruzione fittizia di personaggi e situazioni che abbandonano ben presto un'idea di verosimiglianza. A Bay, e a noi che non riusciamo a distogliere lo sguardo dalle immagini in digitale ad altissima definizione, interessa assai meno risultare credibile che rendere l'idea sulla babele linguistica e culturale di un Paese dilaniato, lontano e impossibile da ricondurre a un paragone con l'Occidente. "Surreale... Mondi diversi" è la frase con cui uno dei contractors definisce le azioni dei libici "buoni", difficili da comprendere e da distinguere, almeno quanto i loro corrispettivi "malvagi". Per questi ultimi, una volta identificati con chiarezza, non esiste alcun habeas corpus in grado di salvarli. Il loro destino è quello inevitabile, comune agli Indiani di Ombre rosse, agli zombi di Romero (rievocati dalla Zombieland, mattatoio abbandonato attraversato dagli assalitori) o agli alieni di Space Invaders: essere abbattuti senza aver pronunciato una parola, né aver lasciato un segno che possa testimoniare la loro appartenenza al genere umano. Ma è di questa incomprensione della diversità, di questo "o noi o loro" che ribadisce la diffidenza nei confronti dell'altro da sé, che si nutre il cinema belluino e patriottico, ma adrenalinico e puro di Michael Bay. Quello capace di regalarti un assedio lungo e vibrante come non se ne vedevano da Distretto 13 di John Carpenter. Il cinema (americano) è anche questo, non va dimenticato.

In the break room early on in the movie, one of the soldiers is seen playing the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on an Xbox One. The Xbox One was not released until November of 2013 and Advanced Warfare was not released until November of 2014. The events in this movie take place in September of 2012. <br>------------------------<br><br>All of the vehicles used in the movie were Mercedes Benz...the type of C Class they used didn't come out until 2015; the G550 couldn't have come out until 2013 along with the GL SUV they used. The movie is set in 2012. The only car they used that could have been around in 2012 was the M Class SUV used in multiple scenes. <br>------------------------<br><br>According to IMFDB.org, one type of rifle used in the film, the Salient Arms International Tier One AR-15 'GRY' rifle, is anachronistic, having only been available since 2015, while the film's events occurred in 2012. <br>------------------------<br><br>At around 37:31 minutes, the Mac Book Pro Retina Kris 'Tanto' Paronto put on the table indicates OS X Yosemite system. However in 2012, when the movie took place, neither the Mac Book Pro Retina nor the OS X Yosemite was introduced yet. <br>------------------------<br><br>The flight into Benghazi at the beginning of the film depicts the aircraft as belonging to at least 2 different airlines: Air Afrique (interior of aircraft), Ryanair (aircraft in final approach before touchdown) and a third one (when passengers were walking to the terminal, aircraft in background). <br>------------------------<br><br>When Jack is Skyping his wife and kids, they talk about his beard as if it's a new thing. However, a flashback has already established that Jack had the beard while he was home. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Jack Silva arrives and disembarks in Benghazi he is wearing blue jeans, when he arrives at the CIA base he is wearing khaki cargo pants. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the scene with the morning prayers, the sun is shown to rise over the Mediterranean sea. This wouldn't be possible to see from Benghazi as it's coast is facing west. <br>------------------------<br><br>When they asked for air support, they searched all the closest NATO bases on the Mediterranean, so, one of the bases was in Croatia.Someone took the map and put clear foil on it, and then started to draw arrows.In one moment someone is saying: "I hear they have US CIF team in Croatia" while drawing an arrow pointing in the middle of Serbia, actually in the name Sarbia on the map. <br>------------------------<br><br>Sean Smith is briefly seen playing on an Xbox console the night of the attack and holding a controller when he meets up with Ambassador Stevens and Agent Wickland. In reality, he was on a computer playing an online RPG game, EVE Online, with friends. <br>------------------------<br><br>40mm grenades are shown changing trajectory rapidly in several scenes--specifically, they are shown to rise in an arc and then suddenly plummet toward a target. In reality, a grenade launcher is an indirect fire weapon.The 40mm grenade does indeed carry a propellant Hi-low system within the grenade itself. <br>------------------------<br><br>As with the 40mm grenades several RPGs are seen arcing through the air before impacting on their targets. RPGs are direct fire weapons, almost literally point and shoot, they do not arc but travel in a straight line to their target. <br>------------------------<br><br>While driving from the airport after Jack arrives, they both see a disabled m60 tank. The tank was never part of the Libyan equipment since it is American made and it was never supplied to them. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Jack Silva is in the airplane flying into Libya he is wearing Apple EarPods. These were released on Sept. 12, 2012, weeks after the trip took place, and one day after the attacks. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Oz is going to the airplane he is holding the blanket over his shoulders by his almost shot off left hand. <br>------------------------<br><br>Some of the Ops-Core FAST helmets worn by both the GRS operators and US Army Special Forces soldiers in the film seem to be non-ballistic versions that wouldn't have been used in combat situations. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the opening standoff, every weapon when pointed makes a cocking sound, even though no one is actually cocking a weapon. <br>------------------------<br><br>The film claims that the military refused to provide air support during the attack. In reality, multiple Senate investigations found that the planes in nearby Italy were not combat ready. The nearest combat capable craft were stationed in Djibouti on the other side of the continent. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the "bad guys" take the ambassador's house, the American crew locks themselves in the safe room. The "bad guys" kick the door and also try to shoot it open...the door key is hanging on the lock as seen from the inside. You can see the bronze colored label hanging there. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the men call their families, it is shown as daylight in both places. According to the movie it was 6:15pm Benghazi time, and since there is only a 9 hour time difference between Libya and the west coast of the U.S. it would certainly be daylight in both locations. Even if the soldiers were 11 hours ahead, as some claim, it would be 7:15am in Los Angeles -- well after sunrise in early September. <br>------------------------<br><br>Several ammo cans on the roof bear orange stickers that read "1.3G." This is the UN shipping class for blank ammunition (or fireworks). Live ammunition is marked 1.4G. <br>------------------------<br><br>40mm HEDP (High Explosive Dual Purpose) grenade launchers do not in fact cause massive explosions. Also, when Tig fires a 40mm grenade at the pickup truck with the heavy machine gun, the front end of the truck starts lifting off of the ground a split second before the explosion. The truck wouldn't come up like that without bouncing on the suspension first anyway, given that the grenade hit the hood/grill, not under the vehicle. It wouldn't have destroyed the heavy machine gun either. Those things can withstand a LOT of damage. <br>------------------------<br><br>In several scenes, the distinctive domes and towers of Maltese baroque churches can be seen in the background. Needless to say predominantly Muslim Libya does not have churches of this type. At 31.28 mins a Maltese flag is also briefly visible as the ambassadors motorcade drives past. <br>------------------------<br><br>Libya official language is Arabic, but in the airport when Jack Silva is in arrival terminal announcement is in Persian, also attacker to US Ambassador base Speaking in Persian when they are trying to open Safe haven. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Silva checks Rone's body for a pulse, Rone's closed eyes flutter. <br>------------------------<br><br>