Michael Bay has turned his hat to directing and made a film about the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi titled "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi." And the first official trailer was just released.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Bay, who is perhaps most well known for fictional movies that involve robots destroying big American cities, adapted the film from a book by journalist Mitchell Zuckoff about the incident. It chronicles the events leading up to the attacks and details the attack told from the point of view of the special forces who were sent in to rescue the Americans inside the compound.

The military task force was an elite squad of former soldiers in the country on special assignment when the events started to unfold. Although they were told to only engage as a last resort, they went in and saved several lives.

As reported by U.S. News, the attacks on the Benghazi consulate, which left U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens dead, has been a strong focal point for the Republican Party, which is trying to discredit presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. Clinton was the U.S. Secretary of State at the time of the incident.

Entertainment Weekly reported the trailer features many of the hallmark events inherent to Bay's films, which includes explosions and mass carnage. Although this is something Bay does frequently in his movies, it is especially haunting considering the source material is a true account of a real even, which left four dead, including two of the rescue team.

The film stars John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Toby Stephens and Pablo Schreiber. It is due out in theaters Jan. 15, 2016.

See the trailer below.