“Act Of Valour” is a war movie unlike any other that I have seen. It focuses on Navy Seals as they embark on covert missions but what separates it from other war films is that they got real serving Navy Seals to star in the movie.

“Act Of Valour” sees the mighty Navy Seals travel the globe as they rescue a kidnapped C.I.A. agent before trying to stop a band of terrorists from crossing the border from Mexico into America to carry out a series of suicide bomb attacks. While the actual storyline is apparently fake, some of the scenarios are said to be somewhat based on real-life events.

The fact that real Navy Seals were cast certainly makes things interesting but I didn’t feel that it made the film any more engaging. The soldiers in this film have no real personalities and that’s a shame because it’s the personalities of the troops that make movies such as “Full Metal Jacket” so great. There are a lot of villains in this movie as you see the troops do battle against Costa Rican gangsters, a Chechen terrorist, Muslim Filipino terrorists, a Mexican drug cartel and a Russian drug smuggler. It helps you to really understand how large international conflicts can be.

“Act Of Valour” tries to make the military tactics look as realistic as possible and there are first-person shots littered throughout the action sequences. The movie supposedly was originally conceived as a recruitment film and it sure feels like it. The film delivers some entertaining action scenes but it has very little personality. For a movie that is trying to make us connect with Navy Seals by casting them, it’s surprising how cold the movie feels. “Act Of Valour” tries to provide a new war movie experience and if you have already seen “Lone Survivor” then there is nothing wrong with checking out this film.