The plot here isn't much to talk about. There's a terrorist attack, they go after him. One character writes to another character's kid. This is a recruitment video for the military. The actors are active navy seals. That's pretty much what you need to know without spoilers.
Since the navy seals were actually navy seals, the acting was believable, because they were just doing their job that they do every day. Fair enough. Maybe it's because of my stepdad's experiences in Vietnam limiting me to hokey war films, but I actually liked when they were actually fighting because it was real. The bad guys were fake and melodrama-y, but this is a recruitment video so they have to make the enemy seem like they're terrible with no depth, because then you want to shoot them. or bomb them. While terrorists are generally bad people, no one is Dastardly Deeds. Or Dudley Do-Right for that matter.
It took a long time to get to the end of this film. However, the end was great. The voice over tells the kid that he should use his pain at the loss of his father as fuel to do good in the world. Through the cinematography it's clear that "doing good" to these people entails joining the Seals, or at least the military, but it's a recruitment film, and pretty upfront about that. There's a terrible song that starts off the credits, but not technically part of the movie.
So take that Nick! I disagree with your review! Nuh!
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