Audiences seem to be gearing up for Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg‘s recently announced Call of Duty movie by revisiting one of the decade’s most-watched military action thrillers. They’re also prepping for the release of this month’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, a feature film continuation of the Prime Video series starring John Krasinski. He has appeared in action-heavy roles for several years and has cultivated a successful filmmaking career in the horror genre. But many viewers will remember that Krasinski started out as a cast member of the NBC sitcom The Office. It was exactly one decade ago, after he was passed over for the Captain America role in favor of Chris Evans, that he started pursuing action movies in earnest. He entered this new phase with the movie that’s seeing a viewership spike on streaming right now.
The film was based on a real-life incident that dominated headlines and influenced the 2016 presidential election. It also marked a creative departure for director Michael Bay, who was coming off of a string of big-budget Transformers movies. He’d taken a detour some years earlier, with the crime comedy Pain & Gain, which received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office. The same fate befell Bay’s 2016 military action-thriller with Krasinski, which also featured Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale, and Toby Stephens, among others.
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We’re talking, of course, about 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The movie grossed $70 million worldwide against a reported budget of $50 million, which wasn’t nearly enough for it to break even. However, it has remained a consistent favorite on the PVOD and streaming markets. According to FlixPatrol, 13 Hours was among the most-watched movies on Paramount+ globally this week, when the leaderboard was topped by The Running Man. A decade after its theatrical run, 13 Hours holds a 51% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. However, reflecting its success on home video, the movie has a stupendous 83% audience score on the aggregator website. Bay’s most recent attempt at mid-budget filmmaking, Ambulance, underperformed commercially as well. But like 13 Hours, it has gained a following at home. The Call of Duty movie is scheduled for release in 2028, but you can watch Krasinski in the Jack Ryan spin-off film on May 20. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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January 14, 2016
- Runtime
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144 minutes
- Writers
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Chuck Hogan
- Producers
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Erwin Stoff, Matthew Cohan, Scott Gardenhour


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