juneebuggy
This follows a team of Navy SEALs who race against the clock to stop a planned terrorist attack on US soil. Apparently inspired by actual events it also interestingly features a cast of active duty soldiers as our lead actors.According to other reviews the action scenes (using live ammunition) are "amazing" "breathtaking" and realistic but what do I know about such things. Here's what I thought ...opening scenes... Oh my god you're not going to blow up all those kids are you? Damn! You blew up all the kids! So yeah, violent with decent special effects. Much globe trotting in and out of mission zones, a thin plot, and underdeveloped characters (that I kept getting mixed up because they were all so similar (looking and in character.) I also got a bit bored in the middle because it was just gunfire, shoot-um-up for about an hour. I think if you're into video game,s Call of Duty or have some actual military service under your belt this might be awesome. I guess as a straight out action movie it was pretty decent
noname
I'm not military or have been but reviewers who have served agree this is technically right on. Excellent and interesting strategic action scenes show the great skill and timing and risk involved What i probably most liked was .that I was touched by the amazing courage that some guys are capable of...that there does exist a sense of duty and commitment and sacrifice....These days Patriotism has been damaged by politics and corporate policies....and while loyalty to USA protocols is certainly a theme here I reacted to it less then just the sense that 'being the best you can be' is a personal CHOICE...that heroism is a real state of spirit...and a most wonderful thing that can take the ultimate price....Made me feel a sense of gratitude to the peoplewho have made this amazing DECISION and the back it up.About an excellence that really e3sists...amazing.
Cinefill1
-Act of Valor is a 2012 American war film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen. The film was released by Relativity Media on February 24, 2012. The film was nominated at the 70th Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song.--Development:-In 2007, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh of Bandito Brothers Production filmed a video for the Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen which led the U.S. Navy to allow them to use actual active duty SEALs. After spending so much time working closely with the SEALs, McCoy and Waugh conceived the idea for a modern day action movie about this covert and elite fighting force. As Act of Valor developed with the SEALs on board as advisors, the filmmakers realized that no actors could realistically portray or physically fill the roles they had written and the actual SEALs were drafted to star in the film. The SEALs would remain anonymous, as none of their names appear in the film's credits. For the Navy, the film is an initiative to recruit SEALs. According to The Huffington Post, the Navy required the active-duty SEALs to participate. --Reception:-The film opened with generally mixed to negative reviews. Based on 130 reviews, it received a 25% approval rating from professional critics on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 4.5/10 and the consensus saying, "It's undeniably reverent of the real-life heroes in its cast, but Act of Valor lets them down with a clichéd script, stilted acting, and a jingoistic attitude that ignores the complexities of war." Metacritic assigned the film an average rating of 40 out of 100, based on 34 reviews.
