"Act of Valor" is actually two movies: a decent action flick, and a really bad human drama. The characters, played by actual Navy SEALs, are noticably most comfortable when in combat situations. They bark orders, and move through hostile areas without a problem. Bringing to life a few very nail biting scenes, but some of the camera work is inadvisable. It becomes very hard to enjoy an action sequence when it is being shot in first person (I sat waiting for health and ammo stats to pop up on screen). The SEALs execute their lines with much less precision than their adversaries, and this makes any scene without shooting hard to digest. People are calling this film nothing but propaganda, but I'm okay with that, because I believe propaganda has its place in cinema. This film, on the other hand, doesn't have a very good one.
Grade: C-
Starring: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
Director: Kurt Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Writer(s): Kurt Johnstad
RT: 111 min
Rating: R for strong violence including some torture, and for language
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