Act of Valor

Rating: 1/10 (7 January 2014)

*******************Warning spoilers ahead************* The movie started out OK, right up until the point where they got made. But than it just went down hill fast. I dunno much about being a SEAL, but I know they're supposed to be pretty good. So it sort'a amazes me when they know they're being pursued by the Taliban, they decide to wait for night fall, on a quite open hill top, in hostile area, to see if they can get radio contact. Especially when they know the Taliban is close by, and could reach them in a within two hours window at the most I can't understand why they just didn't started walking to begin with, considering the Taliban was hot on their trail. I also found it pretty weird to roll of a 5-10m cliff on purpose, but it supposed to be accurate to the book so I guess it's true than How ever I did react to the fact that all their weapons seemed to function fine after they roll off the cliff, especially after all the beating it took, and their scopes zero is still good. Another thing that puzzled me when you let the capture baddies go, why cut their hand loose, why not just keep them zip tied together? Than it would take em a lot longer to reach their comrades in arms (which consider the distance, should take them at least 30 min or more) and tell them that there are US soldiers in the woods. Found it a bit strange that after they roll of the first cliff, which was more or less a short cut if not a brutal one, the Taliban managed to walk around that cliff and catch up with them in less than two minutes. The distance would at least be a 15 min walk, considering the Taliban had no idea if they would be walking into an ambush or not. I also reacted to the fact that they openly argue about what to do with the prisoners. I know they are seals and thereby have a different code than regular soldiers. But I didn't think a SEAL platoon was a democracy. I also caught my self wondering why the SEAL's didn't have a guard posted further away from their OP. I mean they were pretty much all huddled together in the same square, so if you spotted one, you would find the rest too. To me at least it would make sense to post a hidden man as forward guard post, to avoid exactly that type of situation you see in this film, unwanted visitors stumbling over your OP. And why wasn't the rescue team ready at the choppers bay doors, when they were suppose to rappel down? They knew their job, and they knew the enemy was close, why stand around waiting to have your frigging name called instead of being lined up and ready? I would've thought that the SEALS would have gone in dressed as natives, instead of full battle gear. But I haven't read the book, so I assume it's accurate as to what they do in the field. Oh btw I dunno who's the army adviser on this movie, but he should get fired. You really can't hide from an apache-bird. They got thermo and will most likely spot you, so I found it a bit strange that when the choppers come in low on the way to the crash sight, they don't see any Taliban at all. Especially since they are quite feared by the Taliban for their ability to spot them and track em down almost everywhere in the field. To me this was not worth the money, it seemed more like a Gun&Optic commercial =look what you can do with our rifles and scopes and they will still work perfectly