Benghazi Attack Relived in Upcoming Film '13 Hours'
After years since the well-known Benghazi attack in Benghazi, Libya klled a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans back in 2012, the events on that day will be relived in a new film, "13 Hours," directed by Michael Bay and written by former army rangers Kris Paronto, John Tiegen and Mark Geist, who were part of the encounter.
The film about the attack by armed militants on the U.S. mission in Benghazi became controversial because the book, which was written by the said army rangers, mentioned that the top CIA official at the annex ordered them to stand down, which was denied later on by the officials.
However, the film will veer from politics and focus more on how the attack actually happened for the men who were there, including Paronto who disobeyed orders and went on to rescue his fellow American rangers.
"No one knew the truth, that's why we wrote the book," Paronto told Fox News Latino. "We were being called liars. We wanted to make sure the guys who died got honored properly."
The Colorado native further explained that "13 Hours" shows the truth about what happened in Benghazi. "I've been asked if I'm doing it for money or because of Hillary Clinton" who's currently running for president, the publication reports.
"We did this because we wanted to get the truth out," he added. "It was becoming too political, and what happened there was lost." The film, which will be out in theaters on Jan. 15, 2016 will be a refreshing and raw look inside the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on an American diplomatic compound and a CIA station in Benghazi, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The film's director, Bay, revealed that "It was about shooting it very raw, over the shoulder of guys to make it feel like you are really there. Everything that I have learned from many, many soldiers is the confusion of warfare and how everything goes wrong. You kind of feel that in the movie."
Comparing it with Bay's other phenomenal film "Pearl Harbor," the "13 Hours" movie will also be a close look on the encounter and not anything political. "We show you what happened on the ground. It was written with the men who were there," Bay continued.
The horrific attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens will once again be told in "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" on Jan. 15, 2016, the news agency further reports.
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