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Act of Valor began as Navy only movie about seals in an attempt to show actual operations and procedures. It evolved into a Hollywood-sized production including some known actors and an actual storyline.

First of all, Act of Valor includes actual Navy seals and actual seals hardware and techniques. This means two things: The acting is flat and unconvincing and feels like they are reading plaques more than actually acting. And the story is no better than your average counter-terrorism plot of a modern-day first person shooter. But, the action sequences are one of the best modern warfare scenes seen on film in, probably, ever. They are realistic, brutal and highly professional which makes my inner child’s OCD very happy.

So, if you can stand the cliched plot, the almost-non-existent acting, the characters who are barely relate-able and have almost no back story, then this is one of the best modern action films available.