Act Of Valor

The word on Act of Valor is that it’s a war film with a difference -- while it’s a scripted story, most of the leading roles are played by actual active-duty Navy SEALs, and the picture was shot during SEAL training exercises in order to provide a level of realism that’s new to the screen. After watching the movie, it’s hard to say if all the effort was worth it -- directors Mike “Mouse” McCoy and Scott Waugh may have gotten a lot more production value than if they had simply hired actors and rented military equipment, but they didn’t bother to come up with a script that offers anything fresh in the way of story or characters, and while their novice cast membe...