Movie Review: 'Act of Valor' Wants You
Real Navy SEALs lock and load for the big screen, but will it have enough firepower at the box office?
Active-duty Navy SEALs, whose names have been changed to protect their identities, take on some bad guys in one of the most realistic action war movies ever in "Act of Valor." The film aims to put the audience "in the boots" of real Navy SEALs. Even many of the bullets used in the film were "live fire." Without a real plot, though, the film relies on a first-person narration style to explain what's going on for most of the 90-minute movie. Drug dealers, bang. Terrorists, bang. People shooting at SEALs, bang. Anyone who gets in their way is "DOA." All you really need to know is that the Seals are the good guys and they are out to get the bad guys, plain and simple. I suspect that most people who go see this film aren't really worried about …
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