ACT OF VALOR - #Giveaway
IF YOU’RE
NOT READY TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING, YOU’VE ALREADY LOST
The
only easy day was yesterday. In the Bandito Brothers’ ACT
OF VALOR,
an elite military force, portrayed by active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs,
carries out an impossible mission with insane courage and incredible
teamwork in one of the most gripping and emotionally charged movies
of the year. A fictionalized account of real life Navy SEAL
operation, ACT
OF VALOR
features a riveting story that takes audiences on an
adrenaline-fueled, edge-of-their-seat journey.
When
a mission to recover a kidnapped CIA operative unexpectedly results
in the discovery of an imminent, terrifying global threat, an elite
team of highly trained Navy SEALs must immediately embark on a
heart-stopping secret operation, the outcome of which will determine
the fate of us all.
In
ACT OF VALOR
we are able to see a
group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs lead its troops to victory.
In this feature we will take a
look back at other military leaders in film who have led their men
courageously, including Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy
Renner) in The Hurt Locker
and Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) in Top
Gun, all while giving the
audience some eye-candy.
COLONEL
A.J. BULLARD
In
Red
Tails,
Terrence Howard plays Colonel A.J. Bullard, one of the fearless
leaders of the Tuskegee training program who has to fight for his
pilots to be treated as equals against their White counterparts in
the midst of World War II. Through the guidance of Colonel Bullard,
his men are able to participate in several successful operations,
including escorting bomber crews without any major casualties. The
triumph of his men in their missions allowed Colonel Bullard to
negotiate for his team to receive new planes instead of flying the
worn-out aircrafts they were previously provided with.
SERGEANT
FIRST CLASS WILLIAM JAMES
Sergeant
First Class William James, played by Jeremy Renner in The
Hurt Locker,
is a war veteran who arrives as the new team lealer is the US Army’s
Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit during the war in Iraq. His main
responsibilities lie in detonating bombs and disarming improvised
explosive devices, otherwise known as IEDs. Though his maverick
methods and attitude clashes with those of his team members, James
never leaves his team behind, including when one of them gets
captured by the enemies.
LT.
PETE “MAVERICK” MITCHELL
In
one of his more famous roles in his career, Tom Cruise plays Lt. Pete
“Maverick” Mitchell in Top
Gun,
a young Naval aviator who gets sent to an elite US flying school,
called Top Gun, for advanced fighter pilots but his reckless attitude
annoys and impresses his instructors, one of whom he starts a
relationship with. When one of Maverick’s friend dies during a
flight, Maverick becomes affected by it and he decides to return back
to Top Gun after completing his program to become an instructor.
CAPTAIN
RAFE MCCAWLEY
Directed
by Michael Bay, Pearl
Harbor
stars Ben Affleck as Captain Rafe McCawley who along with his best
friend, Danny Walker (played by Josh Hartnett) joins the US Army Air
Corps. In the midst of the second World War, McCawley volunteers to
serve with the Royal Air Force’s Eagle Squadroms in England where
his plane eventually gets shot down and his team presumes he is
killed in action. McCawley’s unexpected return forces him to
realize that everything has changed while he was away – his best
friend Danny is now dating his once-girlfriend and Japan has just
bombed Pearl Harbor – bringing the US directly into the war.
ANTHONY
SWOFFORD
Based
on former Marine Anthony Swofford’s best selling autobiographical
book, Jarhead
tells the story of Swofford’s pre-Desert Storm experience.
Swofford enlisted with the Marines in the late 1980s, going through
boot camp where he was trained to become a sniper. Swofford and his
peers gets sent to Saudi Arabia in the front lines of battle under
the heat of the blazing sun where their enemy can’t always be seen
and combat only happens every so often against hours of sheer
boredom.
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I can only think of the movie "Patton" starring George C. Scott.
ReplyDeletemami2jcn at gmail dot com
I am familiar with all of them
ReplyDeleteI have heard of and read about Anthony Swofford
ReplyDeleteTop Gun is one of my fave movies, so I had heard of that one.
ReplyDeleteI am most familiar with Tom Cruise
ReplyDeletefelecia@twinoaksfl.org
I am most familiar with Captain Rafe McCawley - Pearl Harbor was a great movie!
ReplyDeleteandrea2russia@hotmail.com
I loved Tom Cruise in Top Gun
ReplyDeleteTom Cruise as Maverick is the best!
ReplyDeletei am not familiar with any of those leaders the only movie i can think of is patton
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LT. PETE MAVERICK MITCHELL~~ Who doesn't know him thanks to Tom Cruise and Top Gun
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