Someone also makes a speech explaining how "a single twig will break, but a bundle of twigs is strong", a quote from the Indian warrior Tecumseh and a reference to the fasces, the birch rods surrounding an axe, which was the symbol of power and authority in the Roman empire and provided Italian fascism with its name in the 20th century. They are steeped in military tradition, patriotic fervour and sacrifice, and twice there's talk of military dedication "running in the blood". The Seals are a formidable bunch who've undergone every form of vigorous training available to man except a course at acting school, but in their brief domestic scenes with their dedicated, long-suffering wives they do well enough. The villains are of course played by actors from the racial archetypes section of central casting. Instead of the likes of Sly Stallone and Charlie Sheen strutting their stuff in dark glasses and camouflage gear, armed to the teeth with state-of-the-art weaponry, the genuine articles in Act of Valour go into the field, but are credited only under their given names or noms de guerre (Rorke, Sonny, Ray, Ajay, Weimy). A Seal is a member of one of the US navy's elite acronymic Sea Air and Land units, and Uncle Sam has given his official seal of approval for Seals to perform in this hi-tech, high testosterone combat movie set variously in the Philippines, east Africa, Latin America, Mexico and Ukraine.
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