Writer: Kurt Johnstad (Screenplay)
Starring: Rorke Denver, Dave, Sonny, Weimy, Ray, Ajay, Mikey, Roselyn Sanchez, Jason Cottle
Plot: An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
Tagline – of their own accord
Runtime: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict: Training Montage.
Story: Act of Valor starts when undercover CIA Agent Lisa Morales (Sanchez) is abducted, with a specialist Navy SEALs team look to extract her, Dave, Sonny, Weimy, Ray, Ajay, Mikey the real Navy SEALs show how they would complete a extraction before learning about the bigger picture.
The SEALs return to the field to track down the people that took Lisa in the first place to bring down a new terrorist threat to the world.
Thoughts on Act of Valor
Final Thoughts –This is a unique take on an action film, we get to see a real Navy SEAL team as they work as a unit, have each other’s back and eliminate threats in the most effective way. By highlighting the abilities of the men, we get to see how people could become more eliminated without anyone noticing the threat coming, while having a more traditional look at how the terrorists around the world operate within the shadows, always having someone more dangerous on top of them. This is a very patriotic movie, showing us how it seems that only America can solve the problems in the world and does suffer from lack of emotional response for the person side of the story. It ends up feeling more like a highlight reel for the Navy over anything fresh that we haven’t seen before.
Overall: Easy to Watch Action.