Act of Valor is two movies. The first is your basic, exciting, yet simple war movie. It features some minor character development and emotion wrapped around a lot of Shoot 'Em Up action, explosions and death. High-octane kind of stuff. Acting not required.
Then there's the second movie. And that movie is created by the fact that
Act of Valor mostly stars real life, active Navy SEALS. That means everything you see was ...