Act of Valor (2012) on Netflix
A mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA officer uncovers a terrorist plot. An elite Navy SEAL team races to stop a deadly attack.
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- IMDb6.4/1074,496 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes28%
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Plot summary
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, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the deadly terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight with an outcome that has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America.
Cast
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- Van D.as Senior Chief Otto (as SOCS Van D)
- Captain Duncan Smithas Captain Duncan Smith
- Weimyas SO1 Weimy (as SOC Weimy)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Act of Valor (2012)
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- The filmmakers decided that no actors could realistically fill the roles they had written, so actual Navy SEALs were drafted to star in the film. They and the Special Boat Team members remained anonymous: none of their names appear in the credits.
- The Navy held final cut privileges on the film so that it could remove any frames that raised security concerns, and it kept the raw footage shot during production to use for real-life training and other purposes.
- Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut shot the film on Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras with Zeiss ZE and Panavision Primo lenses, and mounted an 18mm Zeiss lens on the SEALs' helmets so the cameras followed their planned missions from their own point of view.
- After a bidding war with Dark Castle, Alcon, Lionsgate and FilmDistrict, Relativity Media bought the finished film on 12 June 2011 for $13 million plus a $30 million prints and advertising commitment, which Deadline Hollywood called the biggest money ever paid for a finished film with an unknown cast.
- For the Cambodian section of the shoot, the filmmakers staged an explosion in Phnom Penh with 300 children working as extras in the scene.
