Guest Blogger: Trystin 1

One movie I have seen recently is “Act of Valor” it is a movie about a team of Navy SEALs that have to stop a terrorist from attacking the U.S. This is one of the most different movies I have ever seen, and I don’t mean that in a bad way, in the movie they used real active duty Navy SEALs as actors instead of professional actors. That in itself should have made this one of the best movies of the year. They also used live ammunition in the movie instead of blanks adding to the realism. The movie has two different plots that drive it. The first is their mission to save a captured CIA agent who was working undercover to get information on an arms dealer. The second is to stop a terrorist from smuggling people with new add deadly explosive vests into the U.S. through underground tunnels in Mexico. It would be hard to critic each of the actors considering that most of them are still active duty they do not mention their real names in the movie or in the credits. The characters they play though are all influence by one thing and that is brotherhood. In the movie one of the team members, who is named Chief Dave, says there is a brotherhood between us. And if you're not willing to give up everything, you've already lost. The movie is packed full of action and suspense. Roger Ebert the critic who wrote the review stated; the details in both of these scenarios seem realistic. I agree with him this is one of the most realistic movies I have seen. Some of the other reviews I read said that the movie was bad because the actors dialogue didn’t sound right to them, but what can you expect when you are using the real deal and not some billion dollar actor like Will Smith or Brad Pitt. The main theme in the movie is brotherhood and how important it should be in your life to have someone who you can trust with your life. I would definitely recommend this to a friend I give it a 9.5 out of 10 so go out and purchase this awesome film.