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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2058
- IMDb #1453
- Google retired #621
- Rotten Tomatoes #2633
- Metacritic #3115
- Letterboxd #2470
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3687
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1336
- Metacritic Critics #3585
- Metacritic Audience #2080
- Douban #826
- Kinopoisk #3168
- AlloCiné #1221
- Trakt #806
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 48, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 50, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →On September 11, 2012, an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, is attacked by militants. Six members of a security team stationed nearby must navigate a chaotic battlefield to defend the temporary CIA Annex against overwhelming forces until help can arrive.
Details
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Writer
- Chuck Hogan
- Based on
- 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff
- Released
- 14 January 2016
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Arabic
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $69.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 89th Academy Awards 2017 | Best Sound | Greg P. Russell | Nominee |
| 89th Academy Awards 2017 | Best Sound | Gary Summers | Nominee |
| 89th Academy Awards 2017 | Best Sound | Jeffrey J. Haboush | Nominee |
| 89th Academy Awards 2017 | Best Sound | Mac Ruth | Nominee |
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4 awards — 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
×| Best Sound | Greg P. Russell | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Gary Summers | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Jeffrey J. Haboush | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Mac Ruth | Nominee |