After ten minutes of contrived goodbyes and trite lines about men and war, the mission begins, and the action follows. A voiceover briefly introduces the characters as they prepare to leave their families, but that's it. In terms of a story, this plot is the extent of it. Focusing so closely on the validity of details, the filmmakers forget almost every valuable component of cinema-like, say, a story, which in the end makes it play more like an ad for the Navy than an actual movie.ĭirected by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh and written by Kurt Johnstad, Act of Valor follows a squad of Navy SEALs as they go on a mission to rescue a CIA agent and stop a group of terrorists from bombing the U.S. In this desperate effort, though, it unfortunately does just the opposite. From a cast made up of real Navy SEALs, to dialogue filled with military jargon, to a plot centered around the war on terror, the film wants us to believe that what we're seeing truly represents soldier life. Act of Valor tries so hard to be authentic.
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