some good ingredients but doesn't quite hit the mark

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2011)

A senior member of the U.S. Senate Arms Committee is critical of the Navy's progress-or lack thereof-in gender neutrality, and wants full integration of women into all branches of the service. Enter Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, an intelligence officer handpicked as a test subject for CRT, a rigorous SEAL training program with a 60% dropout rate for men in the military. Despite all the bureaucratic red tape in Washington, O'Neil eschews special treatment as she progresses through the unrelenting, nearly inhumane training regimen. The setup has potential, Moore is effective in the lead, and Mortensen has an especially intriguing role as her austere Master Chief, but despite holding your attention it all builds to a conventional, contrived, and unsatisfying finale. Highly watchable, but not too compelling given its promising premise. **½