The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. INSKEEP: Kenneth Turan reviews movies for MORNING EDITION and for the Los Angeles Times.Ĭopyright © 2012 NPR. Uncommon Valor from 86 Expand cast +6 Reviews A blueprint early 80s action movie, that will feel touched by time by those in the unknowing. Even Demi Moore and Bruce Willis never managed that. Do these actual SEALs, who went to the movies before they went to war, feel like they're living in a 24/7 motion picture when they're in combat? The real and unreal play off each other like different facets of an optical illusion. It's fascinating to note how "Act of Valor"'s real combat operations look like classic movie operations. That doesn't matter in combat, but it is kind of a drawback in a motion picture. Impressive as all this is, it can't hide the fact that these total warriors can't really act. When someone says take it out, he is not referring to Chinese food. They communicate in combat using nifty hand signals and keep spoken language to a laconic minimum. TURAN: Members of the film's eight-man SEAL team - identified by first names only - exhibit impressive self-confidence at all times. CHROME HIGHLIGHTS BLACK CAST MODERN FRONTS LEDGEVIEW With minimal impact on actual floor space, the Ledgeview’s slim design sits above the hearth, ideal for kitchens, dens, lofts and other small spaces. Soon enough, the SEALs are flying around the world, putting out fires and finally tussling with that terrifying terrorist who turns out to have a sizable contingent from Mexico's drug cartels on his side. TURAN: The SEALs get involved when a CIA agent is kidnapped by a drug dealer, who just happens to be an old friend of a ruthless and menacing terrorist. TURAN: Those bullets are real because the film shot genuine SEAL training exercises. But "Valor" is dramatically involving only when the shooting - with real bullets, actually - gets underway. It uses active-duty Navy SEALs in a fictional story. KENNETH TURAN, BYLINE: "Act of Valor" blurs the line between the real and the unreal something fierce. The film opens this weekend, and Kenneth Turan has our review. Unlike Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, who both played Navy SEALs, the movie "Actor of Valor" features real-life SEALs. Not long after it was revealed that Navy SEALs were responsible for killing Osama bin Laden last spring, an independent film was picked up for distribution.
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