Act of Valor

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike McCoy directs. Shane Hurlbut behind the camera. Nathan Furst scores. Michael Tronick cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.
• 2Released 14 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
• 4222+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
• 5Directed by Mike McCoy, shot by Shane Hurlbut. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 6Original score by Nathan Furst. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 7Editor Michael Tronick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 8Roselyn Sánchez and Jason Cottle and Alex Veadov carry the top of the cast.
• 9Marketing tagline: "The only easy day was yesterday.".
• 10IMDB entry: tt1591479 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 11Classified under 14 themes, including "navy", "submarine", "heroism", "scuba diving".
• 12Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography

Shane Hurlbut

Original score

Nathan Furst

Editing

Michael Tronick

Production design

John Zachary

Costume design

Erica Clum

Makeup / hair

Brooke Baron

VFX supervisor

Stephen Lawes

Sound

Larry Benjamin

Stunt coordinator

Chad Randall

Runtime

110 min · 1h 50m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$12,000,000

Box office

$82,499,399

Return

687% of budget

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Act of Valor (2012) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Act Of Valor (2012) Official Trailer - HD Movie - Navy SEALS

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Bandito Brothers

  US

Key crew

• ProducerMike McCoy
• ProducerScott Waugh
• CastingNancy Nayor
• Costume DesignErica Clum
• EditorMichael Tronick
• EditorScott Waugh
• Production DesignJohn Zachary
• Art DirectionRandy Ser
• Set DecorationJulie Kaye Fanton
• Costume SupervisorLesli Wood
• Set DesignerMasako Masuda
• Property MasterGeorge Hobbs
• Supervising Sound EditorRobert Webber
• Special Effects CoordinatorCharlie Bonilla
• Special Effects CoordinatorAl Di Sarro
• Visual Effects ProducerSean Cushing
• Visual Effects SupervisorStephen Lawes
• Visual Effects SupervisorSiobhan Prior
• Stunt CoordinatorChad Randall
• Camera OperatorAndrew Fisher
• Camera OperatorRudy Harbon
• Camera OperatorGary Hatfield
• Camera OperatorMichael Merriman
• Camera OperatorBen Mullin

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• navy
• submarine
• heroism
• scuba diving
• u.s. navy seal
• military life
• valor
• terrorist plot
• navy life
• national security
• pregnant wife
• silver star
• counter plot
• duringcreditsstinger

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2012-02-24R

Also known as

International titles

• 海豹神兵：英勇行动CN
• Acte de BravoureCA
• 海豹神兵：英勇行動TW
• Acto de valorES
• InvenciblesMX
• Akt odwagiPL
• Acte de BravoureFR
• ネイビー・シールズJP
• Act of valourFR
• Povinnost a čestCZ
• Act of Valor : Les soldats de l'ombreFR
• Act of Valor ：2012JP
• 海豹突擊隊HK
• 海豹突擊隊TW
• Can TrườngVN