I am not going to talk shit about the Navy SEALs featured in this movie. They are highly trained, highly dedicated people who do a difficult job and do it well. I have nothing but respect for all the objectives they've accomplished.However.
They are incredibly shitty actors. That is Reason #1 why I think this movie should never have been made. Every line sounded forced, the attempts to make these men more warm and cuddly just fell completely flat, and the bromance between the two main characters was excruciating.
Now, this isn't a documentary. These are real SEALs doing real training missions...surrounded by actual actors. It's like 24 meets G. I. Jane. The SEALs are briefed that they need to rescue CIA operative Lisa Morales (Rosalyn Sanchez) in Costa Rica. Morales was trying to surveil Christo (Alex Veadov) when she got kidnapped. They save her and find that Christo has connections to Chechen jihadist Abu Shabal (Jason Cottle). Shabal is planning to smuggle 16 suicide bombers through Mexican tunnels under the border to the US. It's up to the SEALs to stop all of them.
Again, not ragging on the SEALs as themselves. Complete shit as actors.
Honestly, my second reason for thinking this film should have stayed in a draft form is that I'm pretty happy with how SEALs are portrayed by Hollywood. It's not like they're coming out to set the record straight or correct a misapprehension. Everyone knows they're badasses and, frankly, I think a Hollywood veneer helps them do their jobs. Not everyone who watches movies is a friend to us and I think that filming realistic scenarios featuring real military personnel is bad operational security. I would much rather our enemies have a fictionalized version to base their opinions on, rather than the real thing.
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