Act of Valor topped the box office with $24.5 million this past weekend.
Act of Valor” proved to be an exceptional, action-packed film due in part to the new faces of the active-duty Navy SEALS being in the spotlight.
This has to be one of the best military films that has been produced recently because of the accuracy of the military references, as well as the use of authentic military equipment, including live ammunition in some scenes. While the Navy SEALS are active-duty, the other characters are your traditional actors and actresses, some of whom you’ll recognize.
The Navy SEALS exhibit bravery at an all new level for the traditional Hollywood films. The only short-comings would be the lack of acting skills by the Navy SEALS when reciting dialogue, but the impressive combat scenes triumph those shortcomings.
“Act of Valor” is brought to life by the incredible videography. All of the details are there to heighten your senses as if you were in a game of Call of Duty, or any other military video game.
Quite a bit of the movie is filmed from the point of view of the Navy SEALS, and by adding the special effects and sounds, the audience can grasp a feeling of what it’s like to be in the shoes of the active-duty Navy SEALS.
According to the Weakley County Press, fallen U.S. Navy SEAL Aaron Vaughn, an Obion County native, was among the Navy SEALs chosen to be included in filming for “Act of Valor”.
With this week’s release of the movie “Act of Valor,” his family will have the unique opportunity to watch Vaughn doing what he loved.
Vaughn was honored at Saturday night’s showings of “Act of Valor” at Hollywood Showcase in Union City, with a percentage of concession sales to go to the Children of Aaron Vaughn Memorial Fund. Memorial bracelets were also sold for $5 each and the proceeds also benefited Vaughn’s children’s fund.
The graphics help the audience keep up with the locations of the covert operations. They also provide stats for the team members earlier in the film. The soundtrack really sets the seriousness of certain combat situations, and it also builds suspense.
In the beginning of the film, the audience really becomes connected with the team of SEALS and their families.
You also get a sense from the family members’ point-of-views regarding being away from their loved ones.
The members of the eight-man team exhibit leadership amongst themselves as well as the United States’ friendlies they come across with. The split-second logistics of the operations prove to be fantastic as the SEALS show the perseverance to pull them off.
“Act of Valor ” focuses on the friendship of Lt. Cmdr. Rorke and Special Warfare Operator Chief Dave, known familiarly as Rorke and Dave. These two are good buddies during downtime in San Diego, and Dave, already a father, loses no opportunity to gently tease Rorke about his impending fatherhood.
“Act of Valor” is based on real-life SEAL situations. However, the team un-earths a global plot that threatens to make, you guessed it, “9/11 look like a walk in the park.”
The SEALs get involved when CIA agent Morales (Roselyn Sanchez) gets kidnapped by confederates of drug dealer Cristo (Alex Veadov). Her exciting rescue is only the start for the team, who discover that the drug dealer has a connection to the dread Abdul Shabal (Jason Cottle), a terrorist so ruthless and menacing he intimidates other evildoers.
The SEALs fly around the world completing combat missions before finally catching up with that terrifying terrorist, not to mention a sizable contingent from Mexico’s drug cartels.
The last few scenes of “Act of Valor” are sure to bring tears to the eyes of everyone, including the men, in the audience. The valor and sacrifice exhibited will bring a sense of patriotism to the audience members, and certainly appreciation for what our service members do as well.
I would definitely give “Act of Valor” an incredible 4.5 “clicks” out of 5.
