![]() Opponents of the Vietnam War despised it, but John Wayne's The Green Berets (like Act of Valor made with U.S. My parents were part of the generation who flocked to see movies starring Audie Murphy, the World War II Medal of Honor winner who played himself, at times a bit woodenly, in To Hell and Back - one of the most successful movies of all time. ![]() I'd be ignoring an essential role war movies play in reminding the privileged masses of the debt we owe to those who re-win that privilege for us every day. For me to say Act of Valor is a by-the-numbers actioner with barely serviceable performances and close-combat battle scenes that are a step or two above your standard first-person video shooter game would be accurate, but in the end I'd be missing the point. ![]() And here am I, paunchy, middle-aged, winded by a brisk climb up a few flights of stairs, sitting in judgment of these genuine heroes' big moment on the big screen. ![]()
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