The film version, hours, has been lauded by donald trump and fox. Thank citizens united you can see hours this weekend. Lets all stop acting like hours is an antihillary. In the least, the hours movie implies that those in government are often sheltered from. The film version, hours, has been lauded by donald trump and.
Michael bays latest blockbuster is definitely not going to make hillary clintons top 10 list the transformers and bad boys director gets political in hours. I have not yet seen hours, the michael bay film about benghazi that hit theaters last friday, so i cant tell you whether its any good. Had hillary clinton done her job as secretary of state, the four americans killed in benghazi in september 2012 would still be alive, two members of the security team said monday during. We also learn that many of the things weve been told by hillary clinton about what happened were outright lies. Wonder land columnist daniel henninger, writing about the new movie hours, says democratic presidential hopeful and former secretary of state hillary clinton was complicit in barack obama. How michael bays benghazi movie could threaten hillary clintons campaign directors action movie hours will dredge up former secretary of states biggest controversies days. This is what was missing from the hours movie about hillary clinton betraying americans killed in benghazi due to her withholding support and lying about it. Is hillary clinton ever mentioned in the hours movie. Benghazi movie hours may silence the clinton vote. Former secret service agent exposes hillary clinton duration. They were there to eat popcorn, drink soda, and watch hours. The secret soldiers of benghazi also known simply as hours is a 2016 american action thriller film directed and produced by michael bay and written by chuck hogan, based on mitchell zuckoffs 2014 book of the same name. Neither is barack obama nor any recognizable highlevel political figures.
Lets all stop acting like hours is an antihillary clinton documentary john krasinski, second from left, stars in hours, an action movie about the 2012 attack on a u. Democratic hopeful hillary clinton has long been criticized for her handling of the attacks and the recent benghazi movie, hours, may put the nail in the coffin for the presidential aspirant. Hillary clinton, who was secretary of state when the attack took place and who has. With john krasinski, pablo schreiber, james badge dale, david denman. While hillary clintons name is never mentioned in hours, bays. The secret soldiers of benghazi as a distortion of the events and people who served in benghazi that night.
Our ersatz hillary clinton, the cia officer in charge of the benghazi intelligence annex on the night of the attack, is clammy. Secret soldiers of benghazi best when bullets are flying. The secret soldiers of benghazi, also known as hours. Hillary clinton never appears, and is never mentioned, in hours. Father of exnavy seal on clinton, benghazi movie duration.
Wonder land columnist dan henninger on michael bays film and what it says about the democratic presidential candidates judgment. The biggest conservative dogwhistles in michael bays. How michael bays benghazi movie could threaten hillary. A spokesman for the cia is criticizing the michael bay movie hours. As the movie shows, security at the diplomatic compound was fatally thin and warning signs went unheeded. Christopher stevens, the first american ambassador to be killed continue reading hours. Riveting indictment of obama, hillary, and the dc media. Lets all stop acting like hours is an antihillary clinton. The secret soldiers of benghazi paramount pictures t wo long weeks ago, hillary clinton was declared the undisputed winner in her faceoff with republicans on the house subcommittee. Go see hours, then demand accountability for this outrage.
Criticism of clintons washington world is implicit in hours. Michael bay is not guilty of using his new blast of mindnumbing noise, hours. Enter hours, which revisits an episode that has become a smokinghot talking point among critics of hillary clinton, who was secretary of state at the time of the benghazi attacks and who. There is no question, though, that the archvillain of hours is the white house and clintons state department. So goes one of the grim scenes recreated in michael bays new film. The film hours perfectly encapsulates why there is zero doubt that hillary clinton should be in prison. The secret soldiers of benghazi, tells the true story of six cia security contractors who bucked orders to save american lives when libyan militants attacked. The film follows the terrorist attack on the american embassy in benghazi, libya. In promoting hours, paramount screened the film at military bases and to first responders. The film hours confirms that president obama and hillary clinton lied shamelessly about the benghazi attacks of september 11, 2012. Hillary clinton has not seen the film but said on meet the press. News viewers are cued to hiss at a phantom hillary rodham clinton, the. Benghazi film hours is already polarizing critics. The film follows six members of annex security team who fought to defend the american diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya after waves of attacks by militants.
Introducing a hours special, fox anchor megyn kelly described it as the gripping new film that may pose a threat to the hillary clinton white house which tells you pretty much all you. Hillary clinton was secretary of state the us equivalent of foreign. The film, distributed by paramount pictures a forprofit corporation, by all accounts does not expressly advocate an opinion about clinton or suggest that. The perception among many conservatives has been that if the film becomes a hit it could serve to convict hillary clinton in the court of public opinion. Every presidential candidate has stated that clinton should be rotting in a cell, except bernie sanders who has said no one gives a damn about your emails. Lets all stop acting like hours is an anti hillary clinton documentary john krasinski, second from left, stars in hours, an action movie about the 2012 attack on a u. The secret soldiers of benghazi michael bay makes a halfsuccessful bid for seriousness with this harrowing, often willfully confusing account of the 2012 benghazi. Pat smith, mother of american 2012 benghazi terrorist attack victim sean smith, called presumptive 2016 democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton a liar this week after viewing the benghazithemed film hours. Had hillary clinton done her job as secretary of state, the four. The scandals of hillary clinton are well known, but perhaps none have had a bigger impact and seized the popular imagination more than the 2012 raid on the american consulate at benghazi in which four americans lost their lives, including the former ambassador to libya j. Former secretary of state hillary clinton, who has come under fire from republicans for what they call her lack of response to the deadly benghazi attack, says she hasnt had time to watch the new movie about it. The inside account of what really happened in benghazi, a 2014 historical book by american author mitchell zuckoff made into a film.
The left is very quick to denounce movies about the military that are not favorable to their narrative about things. The secret soldiers of benghazi does not mention former secretary of state hillary clinton, but 2016 republican candidates have wasted no time in using the film as political fodder. Whether the movie arouses a latent distrust for clinton. The three surviving soldiers from the benghazi attack mark oz geist, john tig tiegen. Unsaid, but everpresent, in hours is the role played by president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton in creating the conditions that led up to the attack, then leaving its victims without military support until it was too late to save them.
The film also illuminates with night vision goggle precision the treachery of hillary clinton and barack obama who. Hillary clinton has not seen the film but said on meet the press, i know people have raised questions about some of the dramatization. The secret soldiers of benghazi, the feature film depicting the deadly siege of a u. The new michael bay film hours, detailing the 2012 siege of the u. Democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton gave her first public comment sunday on hours, a film released nationally friday that portrays americas reaction to the deadly attack in. When black hawk down was released in december 2001, former members of the clinton administration were furious about portrayals of higher ups never named who would not approve insertion of snipers to help defend a crashed black hawk helicopter until the third request. Michael bays film, based on private security officers account, tries to avoid politics but cant, and neither can we. The secret soldiers of benghazi is an intense war drama from director michael bay. Could a hollywood film about benghazi damage clinton. The book was later adapted into a michael bay film, released in january. As the benghazi criticism of hillary clinton continues in the election season, the michael bay movie hours is getting a new life. Watching the benghazi film, hours, with a republican crowd.
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