Act of Valor

Name: Act of Valor
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: February 24, 2012
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, Roselyn Sanchez

2012

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Relativity Media | Release Date: February 24, 2012 | R

Starring: Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, Roselyn Sanchez

Summary: When a mission to recover a kidnapped CIA operative unexpectedly results in the discovery of an imminent, terrifying global threat, an elite team of highly trained Navy SEALs must immediately embark on a heart-stopping secret operation, the outcome of which will determine the fate of us all. Act of Valor combines stunning combat sequences,When a mission to recover a kidnapped CIA operative unexpectedly results in the discovery of an imminent, terrifying global threat, an elite team of highly trained Navy SEALs must immediately embark on a heart-stopping secret operation, the outcome of which will determine the fate of us all. Act of Valor combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the-minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure film–showcasing the skills, training and tenacity of the greatest action heroes of them all: real Navy SEALs. (Relativity Media)… Expand

Director: Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Wesley Morris

Feb 23, 2012

Peculiarly entertaining exercise in bare-bones, Hollywood-style action heroism. Read full review

Joe Williams

Feb 23, 2012

Act of Valor is a competently directed action movie, but forcing the audience to wear such narrow goggles is a dereliction of duty. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Feb 23, 2012

Although the film has its undeniably immersive, convincing moments, the merging of dramatic re-creations and on-camera "performances" proves less seamlessly executed than those masterfully coordinated land, sea and air missions. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Feb 23, 2012

The action beats come straight out of the video game "Call of Duty." And when you have real SEALs placed in a picture that lives and dies on the same old first-person-shooter aesthetic, you have a film divided against itself. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Feb 24, 2012

Like all advertisements, this scripted movie is a perfect fantasy: expertly coordinated, simplistic (the bad guys like yachts and bikini girls while our heroes have loving families) and more than a little scary. Read full review

David Hiltbrand

Feb 23, 2012

The problem is that these stoic warriors infect Act of Valor with more wooden acting than you'd see at a ventriloquism school. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Feb 23, 2012

A movie whose cinematic ineptitude is matched only by its ideological rottenness, Act of Valor features a cast of real-life active-duty Navy SEALS in order to grant the project's us-versus-them geopolitical worldview a sham moral authority. Read full review

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CarbonHDFibre

Aug 13, 2012

Im actually pretty damn annoyed about the negative reviews about this film, as an action military film it was right up there on my wish list and this film gave me everything of what I love about the military and the hard and heroic work they do for their countries, this film's effects,Im actually pretty damn annoyed about the negative reviews about this film, as an action military film it was right up there on my wish list and this film gave me everything of what I love about the military and the hard and heroic work they do for their countries, this film's effects, lighting editing is outstanding and the acting is in a league of its own, the story line fitted perfectly with the scenes and the overall feeling and the fact that these are real navy seals in the film which gives anyone a proper official taste and on what life is like as a Navy Seal Lt. or Soldier. I highly loved this film and I would really love them to make another one. 10/10… Expand

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Dolphan4ever

Mar 3, 2012

If your an American you gotta love this movie...Very very sad. Very very Patriotic Movie...Loved it. Loved how authentic it was for a military movie..Unlike hurt Locker which was an extremely unrealistic military movie, I had to turn it off half way through the movie because it was soIf your an American you gotta love this movie...Very very sad. Very very Patriotic Movie...Loved it. Loved how authentic it was for a military movie..Unlike hurt Locker which was an extremely unrealistic military movie, I had to turn it off half way through the movie because it was so unrealistic...Be Proud to be An American People, We are the biggest and baddest and this movie Freakin Rocks!… Expand

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gunnyart

Feb 27, 2012

I am profoundly offended... Not by this movie but by the negative reviews of it! As a Navy combat veteran of the first Gulf War I admit I may be as biased as can be, but This was a masterpiece of a movie. You don't have to be a veteran to appreciate it but unless your an America hatingI am profoundly offended... Not by this movie but by the negative reviews of it! As a Navy combat veteran of the first Gulf War I admit I may be as biased as can be, but This was a masterpiece of a movie. You don't have to be a veteran to appreciate it but unless your an America hating Hollywood liberal you will be filled with pride and humbled by the magnitude of skill, heart and sacrifice our most elite defenders of your life liberty and pursuit of happiness. I've heard some complain that the SEAL's in this movie can't act... Well thank God they aren't actors. These Men are the real thing and they "act" like the real thing not some "dumbed down" Hollywood wannabes. If you don't get that then "You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns."… Expand

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JoshReynold

Aug 12, 2012

I heard somebody say that the SEALs in the movie cant act
If you think they cant act its because "real" actors have misrepresented them and people like them for so long you dont know what reality is
They DONT have to act because they are portraying what they ALREADY ARE The movie may notI heard somebody say that the SEALs in the movie cant act
If you think they cant act its because "real" actors have misrepresented them and people like them for so long you dont know what reality is
They DONT have to act because they are portraying what they ALREADY ARE
The movie may not have the best cinematography or special effects, but it sure as hell is one of the most realistic, and touching
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ThorneTGriffon

Aug 10, 2012

A typical flashy American action movie with a shallow plot (Terrorist want to kill people. Special forces stop terrorists. End of film) and wooden acting (understandable due to the fact that the actors are actual soldiers). Action sequences are excellent, however. I can honestly say thatA typical flashy American action movie with a shallow plot (Terrorist want to kill people. Special forces stop terrorists. End of film) and wooden acting (understandable due to the fact that the actors are actual soldiers). Action sequences are excellent, however. I can honestly say that this was one the very few films that didn't have me, as a military man myself, pointing out constant flaws in what was going on. On the whole, a decent film and a good watch if you are tired and/or don't want to have to pay attention to every last detail.… Expand

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BradySmith

Dec 31, 2013

Act of Valor isn't terrible. It has some exciting action scenes, and it does honor the soldiers who risk their lives to protect us, but the acting and writing is fairly poor. The main villain could have been good if he didn't forget his accent every other minute, and most of the soldiersAct of Valor isn't terrible. It has some exciting action scenes, and it does honor the soldiers who risk their lives to protect us, but the acting and writing is fairly poor. The main villain could have been good if he didn't forget his accent every other minute, and most of the soldiers are scripted as your typical "Hoo rah!" heroes. There's really no nuance in the film at all either. So overall, it's no Saving Private Ryan, but it delivers enough in the action department to save it from going completely under.… Expand

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Politeia

Jul 28, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off, I'd like to state that this is not a propaganda piece. What it is, however, is a cynical ploy by the studio to cash-in on a highly polarized yet energized conservative movement and a large number of returning veterans now that the wars overseas are being brought to a close. It is also a ploy by the DoD to boost recruitment for the military, but it is not a propaganda piece. For it to be propaganda the film would have to say something, anything, with more depth than "Jihadis bad; criminal networks who support Jihadis bad". That's something that everyone barring a few radicals on both ends of the political spectrum can agree on. It's like saying "rape bad," everyone agrees already you don't need to release a film to convince us. Hence, I don't feel the film was attempting to convince us of anything other than, maybe, join the military? There's nothing to really be said about the film; in about an hour and a half (feels like four) blank-slates will go around shooting dark-skinned people in exotic locales until they go someplace else to shoot dark-skinned people in exotic locales. No, I'm not attempting to push some claim of racism or anything as daft as neocolonialism on the part of the movie. Just think about that premise for a moment -- it's every first-person shooter released between Call of Duty 4 and now. Let's talk about those blank-slates; my primary criticism of nearly every war film I've watched is that each character is essentially the same as the character before him. When you create a character and give him one defining characteristic, he or she is that characteristic. When you're making a film and you give a group of people that same characteristic they're that single characteristic. At the end of the film I had to ask my father who died. His response was "the LT," yes but who is the LT?" The guy who is having a baby" still, who the hell is that? These aren… Expand

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