Pun Salad

Hope you're not to surprised by this spoiler: there's an Act of Valor in this movie, and if you're paying close attention, it's pretty obvious who's going to make said Act.

The good guys are a band of Navy Seals, the bad guys are a bunch of international terrorists out to cause some massive deaths in the USA. One thing leads to another. And by "thing", I mean: a meticulously planned operation carried out by men of amazing bravery involving lots of gunplay, explosions, and high-tech military weaponry. The action bounces from one scenic location to another: Chechnya, the Philippines, Ukraine, Somalia, and (finally) on the US-Mexico border as the Seals make one last try to stop the terrorists from getting into the States. (The terrorists are in league with Mexican drug cartels, even though if the terrorists succeed, it would mean a sharp decline in the cartels' customer base.)

Apart from the plot details (and constant bad language), it's a very traditional flick. If you remember the publicity, the Navy actively cooperated in making the movie, some of the actors are actual Seals, and none of the weaponry or tactics are made up. It gets a little too real at times: the lingo is at times so laden with military jargon, I found myself mystified. "OK, I heard what he said, I read the subtitles, but what the hell did he mean by that?"