12 Movies From 2016 That Were Unfairly Hated

One of the lowest-grossing productions of his career to date, Michael Bay’s new movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi faced criticism from all fronts after its January release this year. Detailing the true story of an American security team defending against a terrorist attack on a US compound in Libya, the movie was not only awarded some rather middling reviews by the film press (presumably put off at the mere mention of a Michael Bay directed film), but also got flak from CIA officials and Democrats who disputed its accuracy and a good few Libyan nationals who protested their representation in the film as fanatical.

Released in the run-up to the 2016 US election, the politically conservative movie was bound to ruffle a few feathers regardless and while its political leanings should definitely be taken into account, the film does deserve some credit for its adrenaline-filled action sequences that accurately show the chaos and confusion of conflict. Moreover for Michael Bay, the man behind the increasingly awful Transformers series, 13 Hours is a relatively restrained movie.

At the very least, it’s a hell of a lot better than Pearl Harbour and a step in the right direction for Bay.