He did it with the tragic event of Pearl Harbor, and now the middle-aged destructionist Michael Bay is back to dramatizing a true story of American heroism and blowing up a whole lot of stuff in the process. This time, he takes us into the Middle East to tell us a modern, untold story of a covert operation in Libya with 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

Opening in theaters on Jan. 15, the film recounts the days leading up to an attack on a hidden on a U.S. compound in Benghazi where an American Ambassador is killed by Libyan Nationals. Following his death, a special ops security team recruited by the CIA is all that is left to keep the survivors of the assault safe until their rescue arrives.

That’s really it. There are no major subplots, no significant story developments, nothing. There are occasional glimpses of life back home for these men, but it’s never meant to provide deep characterization, but to merely humanize the characters. The men are rough and tough, that’s about it. They’re never asked to carry any emotional weight for the most part, with the exception of John Krasinski’s Jack Silva, who’s a decent protagonist heightened by a strong performance.

But at the end of the day, this is a Michael Bay movie, and excessively so, as it features essentially every single hallmark the filmmaker is known for. From the glossy color palettes, sharp low angles, overlong runtime and nearly incomprehensible action sequences, the film is full on Bayhem from start to finish, and of course, everything explodes. This is exactly what audiences have come to expect from Bay and really the only good thing about it is that it’s not as horrible as some of his truly awful productions such as the Transformers movies.

Fans of Bay and his antics are going to enjoy this movie. It delivers all the beats he’s given us in the past in full form to no failure. So for those who find him and his work unbearable, this won’t be converting anyone into a fan of his, because as mentioned, he is putting out exactly what he does in all of his movies.