Our TV tip today, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, is about a terrorist attack on the American embassy and is based on a factual report by the American author Mitchell Zuckoff. For his report, he got help from one of the men from the security team who was involved at the time. It cannot be said with certainty to what extent the report corresponds to the facts, since according to Filmstarts Word against word.
TV tip: This is what the exciting action thriller 13 Hours is about
September 11, 2012: 11 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Islamist militias storm the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. The completely surprised security forces are powerless to deal with this and the nearby CIA base waits in vain for ordersto intervene.
But former US Navy Seal Jack Silva (John Krasinski), the head of the security team (James Badge Dale) and five other of his security men do not want to stand idly by and decide to unauthorized operation lasting 13 hours.
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Dangerous stunt: 13 Hours crew barely escaped with their lives
Accidents can happen on film sets, especially in action films. Tom Cruise is the best example, once he was almost beheadedBut a stunt also almost went wrong during the filming of 13 Hours. A controlled explosion was to be produced, for which a firefighting crew was already on standby, as Michael Bay reports in an interview with Vanity Fair.
The participants had only a few secondsto get to safety, but curious crew members were watching the filming and blocked the door to the corridor. Michael Bay was fortunately wearing a protective suit, but the fire still quickly singed four inches of his hair. “In the heat, you could see how it could kill you in a matter of seconds.”
When is 13 Hours with John Krasinski on TV?
Shortly before the final whistle of the European Championship match Scotland against Hungary, today, Monday, 24 June at 22:30 on Kabel eins the exciting action film. The channel will show a repeat on the night of June 27th at 2:50 a.m. You can also stream 13 Hours at any time with a subscription from WOW.
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