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Act of Valor is a 2012 American action film[2] directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen. The film was released on February 24, 2012.
Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Writer: Kurt Johnstad
Stars: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez and Nestor Serrano |
Storyline
An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home. Each time they accomplish their mission...
Details
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Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 24 February 2012 (USA)
Also Known As: Act of Valour
Filming Locations: Philippines
Production
Development
In 2007, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh of Bandito Brothers Production filmed a video for the Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen which led the United States Navy to allow them to use actual active duty SEALs. After spending so much time working closely with the SEALs, McCoy and Waugh conceived the idea for a modern day action movie about this covert and elite fighting force. As Act of Valor developed with the SEALs on board as advisors, the filmmakers realized that no actors could realistically portray or physically fill the roles they had written and the actual SEALs were drafted to star in the film. The SEALs will remain anonymous, as none of their names appear in the film's credits.[4]
For the Navy, the film is an initiative to recruit SEALs.[5] According to The Huffington Post, the Navy required the active-duty SEALs to participate.[6]
Relativity Media acquired the rights to the project on June 12, 2011 for $13 million and a $30 million in prints and advertising commitment. Deadline.com called it "the biggest money paid for a finished film with an unknown cast".[7] The production budget was estimated to be between $15 million and $18 million.[8]
[edit]Principal photography
Filming took place in Cambodia where an explosion was shot in Phnom Penh with 300 children as extras.[9] Scenes were shot in San Diego at Blue Foot Bar and in a house in the North Park area.[10] Other locations included Mexico, Puerto Rico,[10] Ukraine, Florida,[10] and at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.[11] The crew filmed at Navy training sites to provide realistic settings, such as a drug cartel base, a terrorist camp on an isolated island, and a smuggler's yacht.[8]
Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut used Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras with Zeiss ZE and Panavision Primo lenses. The cameras followed the SEALs' planned out missions in the film.[4] Hurlbut used an 18mm Zeiss ZE mounted on the SEALs' helmets to capture their point of view. The 25mm Zeiss ZE was used to capture natural light coming through windows. The 21mm Zeiss ZE was used as a stake cam so a truck could drive over it.[11] The Navy held final cut privileges[4] in order to remove any frames to address security concerns and kept raw footage to use for real-life training and other purposes.[8]
Cast
Jason Cottle as Abu Shabal
Alex Veadov as Cristo[3]
Roselyn Sánchez as Morales[3]
Nestor Serrano as Walter Ross[3]
Emilio Rivera as Sanchez
Drea Castro as Recruit
Keo Woolford as Recruit
Thomas Rosales Jr. as Cristo's RHM
Marco Morales as Cartel & Mexican SOF
Ailsa Marshall as LT Rorke's Wife
Marketing
The trailer was shown on the official website of the video game Battlefield 3 which included free downloadable dogtags to be used within any version of the game[12]
It was also aired during ESPN's coverage of the first Carrier Classic college basketball game, and on Fox during the New York Giants at Green Bay Packers 2011 Divisional Playoff game. It was shown on CBS during the Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots America Football Conference Championship game, on Fox during the San Francisco Forty-Niners and New York Giants National Football Conference Championship game, and on NBC during the Super Bowl.
Along with the release of the film, a novel was also made, titled Act of Valor and was written by Dick Couch and George Galadorisi.
Release
Act of Valor was scheduled to be released on February 17, 2012 in the United States to coincide with Presidents' Day,[4] but was pushed back to February 24, 2012.[13] The film was released in the UK and Ireland on March 23 as Act of Valour by Momentum Pictures
[edit]Home video releases
Act of Valor was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on June 5, 2012 with a rating of R.[14]
Reception
The film opened with generally negative reviews. Based on 119 reviews, it received a 25% approval rating from professional critics on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 4.6/10. Among 30 top critics, it obtained an approval rating of 20% with the consensus saying, "It's undeniably reverent of the real-life heroes in its cast, but Act of Valor lets them down with a clichéd script, stilted acting, and a jingoistic attitude that ignores the complexities of war."[15] Metacritic assigned the film an average rating of 40/100 based on 34 reviews.[16]
However, despite the negative critical reaction, the film opened at the top of the box office, earning $24,700,000 in its first weekend. Audience reaction was highly positive; moviegoers polled by CinemaScore gave the movie a very strong "A" grade.[17] Based on 36,542 ratings, 80% of viewers said they "liked it" on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 4.1/5.[15]
Many reviews, both positive and negative, have expressed praise for the action sequences while criticizing the plot and acting. Claudia Puig from USA Today, for example, said the action in the film is "breathtaking," but gave the film an overall negative review, in which she wrote that "the soldiers' awkward line readings are glaring enough to distract from the potency of the story."[18] Similarly, Amy Biancolli from the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "[Act of Valor is] intended to wow audiences with high-test action while planting a giant wet kiss on the smacker of the U.S. military – and it scores at both tasks," but that, ultimately, "the film gets snagged by its own narrative convention."[19] Michael Rechtshaffen from The Hollywood Reporter had a similar opinion, stating, "Although the film has its undeniably immersive, convincing moments, the merging of dramatic re-creations and on-camera 'performances' proves less seamlessly executed than those masterfully coordinated land, sea and air missions."[20] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half out of four stars, and complained that "we don't get to know the characters as individuals, they don't have personality traits, they have no back stories, they don't speak in colorful dialogue, and after the movie you'd find yourself describing events but not people."[21]
Accolades
The film is nominated as Choice Action Movie for the upcoming Teen Choice Awards.[22]
Soundtrack
Main article: Act of Valor: The Album
Relativity Media released the film's soundtrack on February 21, 2012. It includes 10 songs by country music artists. The first cut on the soundtrack, Keith Urban's "For You", was released as a single.
Box Office
Budget: $12,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $24,476,632 (USA) (26 February 2012) (3039 Screens)
Gross: $79,501,193 (Worldwide) (28 May 2012)
Company Credits
Production Co: Bandito Brothers
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Technical Specs
Runtime: USA: 110 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | Datasat
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
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