13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is a true-life action thriller directed by the father of non-stop action Michael Bay (Alcatraz, Transformers, Ninja Turtles), a director known for blowing things up. 3 Arts Entertainment Bay Films made a lot of money for it, as the production of the film cost almost 40 million US dollars. But this is how Michael Bay does it, for whom this is the first war (but not biographical) film. Big budget and spectacular. The story revolves around a group of soldiers trying to secure the American embassy in the Libyan city of Benghazi.