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{{quote|''"The only easy day was yesterday."''|Tagline & SEAL motto}}
'''''Act of Valor''''' is a 2012 war film, revolving around a US Navy SEAL platoon from SEAL Team 7 on a mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA officer and stop terrorists planning an attack against America.
The film has an interesting production history: originally the Navy worked with Bandito Brothers to produce a SEAL recruitment video, akin to the company's [https://web.archive.org/web/20120815113426/http://www.banditobrothers.com/portfolio/reel/16 recruitment video] for Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen; as work progressed the Powers That Be realised that they had enough material for a feature-length movie and began pushing in that direction, a ''[[Top Gun]]'' equivalent for SEALs.
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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The novelization, which expands further on the characterisation of Bandito Platoon.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Bandito Platoon, the designator for the protagonists, is only used in supplementary materials. {{spoiler|And on the memorial picture frame of Lt. Rorke}}
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* [[Morality Pet]] / [[Papa Wolf]]: Christo does have a very tiny redeemable factor to his character, and its that he does genuinely care for his family, and it was the prospect of his not seeing his daughter or his wife again, and the fear of what might happen in his absence, that resulted in him telling the SEALs everything he knows about Shabal's plans regarding the ceramic claymore bomb vests during his interrogation. He doesn't regret the decision to team up with Shamal or let him and his Jihadists have the vests, though, as evidenced by his grin when he says to Senior Chief Miller that Shamal's plans cannot be stopped.
* [[Made of Iron]]: In universe:
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** Chief Dave. {{spoiler|Being shot up with what amounts to pretty much a full AK-47 magazine, he still manages to take out the escaping jihadis using his M4 carbine, and switches to his service pistol when he can't fire the M4 anymore.}} This was based on a real account, so there's a SEAL out there who really is made of iron (well, several probably).
*** Possibly based on [[wikipedia:Danny Dietz|Danny Dietz]], who according to the account of the only surviving member of his squad simply would not stop fighting, despite being hit multiple times. His body was found still griping his M9 pistol.
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