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Act of Valor review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 04/30/2012
A suicide bomber kills an American ambassador, his son and other innocent children in the Philippines. CIA agents Walter Ross (Nestor Serrano) is murdered while Morales (Roselyn Sánchez) was captured and interrogated for questioning. Chief Miller, Lieutenant Rorke and Chief Dave head the Bandito Platoon of SEAL Team Seven to rescue Morales. The score, realistic action and direction were superb. This however is overshadowed by the fact that the acting was not convincing, plot was all over the place and lack of better character build-up. There was a platoon and yet you never know who they really are, only faces in battle. Only real emotion seen was the conclusion.
The antagonist was no real threat, only in terms of his idea. Some lines were good such as: "Love your life, …
