WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE BENGHAZI

Screenplay by Ken Kinski

Chaotic, you-are-there approach drops us right into the long dark night* of Benghazi horror, another true tale of unfriendly Arabs, siege script is more Rambo than Argo, but fact-based thriller perhaps most resembles Aliens (script wisely keeps the enemy vague and scary). This might not be the best Benghazi project floating out there, but it could be the first out of the gate to cover the intense siege of the U.S. embassy by terrorists on the anniversary of 9/11. For two-thirds of the script, there’s tremendous action/gunfire with our guys driving around Benghazi like The French Connection, avoiding roadside bombs and mortar fire. For Antwon Legion, the role of Perry narrates the tale and outlives everyone; sidekick Flo-Jo is thinly written as a gun-toting cowboy; script doesn’t have the chops to humanize these heroes. The challenge will be to make this noisy script resonate emotionally. Ending is pure tragedy; when it’s all over, we don’t feel anything but relief.