Duncan Smith explained at a screening of Act of Valor for the San Diego Cinema Society on Feb. While not “invisible,” the Bandito Brothers’ cameramen were an unobtrusive presence.Īnd while Act of Valor is not a recruiting film, per se, as Navy SEAL Capt. As the Navy’s Chief of Information explained, “All evolutions you see in the movie involving ranges, vessels, aircraft, and submarines were part of regularly scheduled training and were at no cost to the Navy or American taxpayers.” Uniquely – and unprecedented for the SEAL community, which prides itself on being “the silent warriors” – Bandito Brothers was given access to Navy SEAL training evolutions and allowed to shoot training operations – many of them live-fire events – in a way that did not interfere with the training ops. Importantly, Act of Valor did not cost American taxpayers a cent. According to Jurgensen, “The goals of the production were to bolster recruiting efforts, honor fallen team members, and correct past movie productions that did not represent the SEALs accurately.” The movie accomplishes all this, and more.Ī Navy SEAL is engaged in a personnel recovery mission in Relativity Media’s upcoming release, “Act of Valor.” Credit: IATM LLC Copyright 2011 Relativity Media, LLC. 26, 2011 edition of The Wall Street Journal. The genesis of the project was perhaps best explained in an article by John Jurgensen in the Aug. 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. Act of Valor, a Bandito Brothers/ Relativity Media production, is scheduled for release on over 3,000 screens nationwide on Feb.
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