And veteran special operations bloggers who’ve attended pre-opening screenings have unanimously gone on the record saying that AOV ‘gets it right’ from a technical and operational point of view.”
“Every SEAL mission area is featured in luxurious visual detail – from HALO to high value boarding search and seizure to SEAL delivery vehicle ops. Special Operations Forces – conduct their missions today. The way that the SEALs take bits and pieces of intelligence and piece it together to support their operations closely mirrors the way SEALs – as well as other U.S. Act of Valor is a feature-length film about a team of Navy SEALs who are charged with finding a kidnapped CIA agent, which in turn leads them on a mission to stop terrorists planning a series of suicide bombings in cities across the United States. In much the same fashion, the novelization of this movie, Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor, is also a unique novel.įirst, some basic blocking and tackling about the movie.
It is not hyperbole to say that Act of Valor is the most unique movie ever made. Just a quick look at the movie’s trailer on the movie’s official website ( ) gives some indication of how successful this unique movie – the first one ever starring active duty U.S. All in all, a surprisingly good watch.Act of Valor, a Bandito Brothers/ Relativity Media production, is scheduled for release on over 3,000 screens nationwide on Feb. It is not excessively violent - though the body count is high - it has one major thing going for it, which really surprised me, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen - even though the acting is fairly light, it all works as it feels authentic and looks right. It's shot in a basic action format with some nods to documentary - though more would have been good - and the camera looks and feels quite similar to Arnie's action films - Predator and Commando - and it even borrows some tricks from thriller movies - over- shoulder, heavy breathing, etc There's nothing new, but it is a good solid, easy to watch, approach. It is reminiscent of British and American war films - John Wayne would be proud - but it brings some modern sensibilities to the filming.
The film is split into two parts - in both parts the SEALs (played by real SEALs) go on an operation - we get to see the insertion, action, extraction, the cost - I would have liked more planning and briefing - but I'll forgive it as there was also no obligatory bar scene. Act of Valor is what it is - a salute to the US special forces, an action burner that goes for realism in its approach (which works greatly in its favor) Some will see it just an action flick, others will see it as purely propaganda and recruiting - and it really isn't either of those things, or maybe its both? - it does however work, and it works pretty well.
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