The plot of this movie is about an expedition to bring back a CIA operative, but turns out to be uncovering a looming alarming global threat. A team of highly skilled Navy SEALs must leave straightaway to protect the people of this earth
'U.S. Navy SEALS in combat are far more than anything Hollywood could ever write,' said co-director Mike McCoy. The real SEALS in 'Act of Valor' demonstrate this to be true.
One wonders how the movie might have played as pure, unceasing battle scenes, allowing the combat to define the characters; with real soldiers doing the onscreen fighting, something special may well have emerged.
Act of Valor is a love letter to servicemen but it's also a disjointed mishmash of slick combat sequences paired with awkward performances and a generic storyline.
