Act of Valor

I guess they had to be realistic in order to make up for the dialogue, the acting, the special effects, the mawkishness, the closeted homoeroticism, the jingoism...

In the 1980s, Top Gun reportedly sent young men rushing to join the military; this hilariously bad film is going to get them clamouring to join the Jon Stewart Appreciation Society.

The film is almost unashamedly a recruitment video for future Seals, but let's hope possession of a PlayStation 3 doesn't become the sole condition for enrolling.

Operates on more levels than Call of Combat IV: Jihadi Headshot, all of them despair-inducing.

'Act of Valor' reeks of military-sanctioned exploitation drama aimed solely at the 'Call of Duty' set.

Another reason to avoid films endorsed by the US military, this is sub-propaganda tosh that inadvertently plays like Hot Shots: Part Trois.

“Act of Valor” does enough of what it’s aiming for.

Shadowing real-life SEALs as they re-enact some of the most stunning combat sequences ever put to film, this is the closest a film has ever got to emulating a Call of Duty game.

Act of Valor isn't an awful film.

There is no debate: these are brave men, and what they have chosen to do as their occupation has most certainly saved lives ... I just wish their bravery was captured in a better film.