10 Years Later, 'Jack Ryan' Star's War Thriller Is Locked and Loaded for Paramount+

For a director so closely tied to giant robots, slow-motion chaos, and things exploding in increasingly dramatic ways, Michael Bay has one movie that always feels a little overlooked in the conversation. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is still very much a Bay movie, but it’s also one of his leanest and most relentless. Based on the 2012 attacks in Benghazi and adapted from Mitchell Zuckoff’s nonfiction book, the film follows six ex-military operators defending a CIA annex under overwhelming pressure. It’s now part of Paramount+’s May 1 arrivals, which gives the movie another shot at finding a bigger streaming audience.