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U.S. Seals: Dead or Alive
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $2.86
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Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Tyler Christopher, Bentley Mitchum, John Simon Jones, Gary Murphy (II), George Stanchev
Directed By: Franklin A. Vallette
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012236132660
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Live / Artisan
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-12-03
Running Time: 93
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-12-03

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Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: "You'll be on your own. It's damn near a suicide mission"
Comment:
A terrorist named Casper is looking for a cluster bomb and a team of US SEALS try to beat him to it. The leader of the team is forced to take along a criminal who is an expert in bombs. But do we know who this bomb expert really is? He's a smooth talker and doesn't mind talking about how he likes being a criminal, but does seem like a good guy.

I like fist and kick fighting movies a lot more than shoot-em-ups, but I still enjoyed this. The stealth techniques are used very well and the explosions are fun to watch. The amount of action is just right. Not too much and not too little.

The story gets good in the last 30 minutes. It is well directed all the way through and has some decent acting, with a few actors that are above average, but more gets revealed about the villain Casper towards the end and there is some really good character development. The first hour is only average, but this movie actually turned out much better than I expected. Not groundbreaking, but an enjoyable direct to TV action movie.

3/5

The DVD from DEJ Productions has perfect picture quality and good sound.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: I don't know about these other ratings
Comment: This movie is either a major flop, or a major hit. I thought this movie was fantastic from beginning to end. I honestly do not understand why this movie got a low rating. WARNING: SPOILER....!



This movie involves SEALs on a mission to catch a bomb maker, ' Casper ' who wants to blow up yadda-yadda-yadda.. Anyways, these SEALs recruit this guy who helps them out, but eventually leads them into a trap. That person was Casper. Casper has the SEALs then locked up in a prison cell. In an earlier shooting, a SEAL that was close to death anyways, helped the SEALs escape by doing a suicide run deal. This movie was great to me. I do not know why but I am really glad I bought it. I was getting mad though when I thought the terrorists won in this movie, but it turns out they didn't. If they did I woulda been ****** because this is one of few movies where i think the ' bad guy ' is a piece of ****. I am 14, and this is a sleeper hit in my movie book.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: excellent
Comment: This movie is really good. It is action packed from the beginning til the end. It is not one of those typical Commando movies where one guy takes on an army, kills them all and escapes without a scrath. This movie is very realistic with figthing scenes, where half of the Seal team are killed in combat. Once again it's an excellent flick and if you think it deserves only one star, you need to get your head examined.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Zero stars. I threw it away after ten painful minutes.
Comment: Possibly the worst "military" movie I've seen. Well, sort of seen. It went right in the trash after ten brutal, endless, painful minutes. I bought it off a dollar rack (which speaks volumes right there) and didn't even have the heart to give it
to someone else.
This makes the old 'Navy SEALS' with Charlie Sheen look like 'Tears of the Sun'.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Ridiculous and goofy. If I could give it 0 stars, I would.
Comment: I rented this movie recently and it is just about the worst movie I have seen in a very, very long time. Whoever wrote and directed this are obviously totally unfamiliar with the subject matter, as the SEALs in the movie had absolutely no idea what they were doing. I guess they didn't have the budget for a technical advisor, because if they did, the actors would have known how to move and act properly (absolutely no clue as to how to carry or handle their weapons), they would have been outfitted properly (closed-circuit rebreathers, not cheap [stuff] from some diving gear rental place, for example), and would have had a clue about how to fight or use a knife.

The story was equally ridiculous, and the terrorists were equally unbelievable as they had no idea what they were doing either. The acting was almost too horrible to bear.

I could do better for under $100,000 using local talent and spending a good chunk of that to hire someone like Richard Marcinko, Harry Humphries or Chris Caracci as a technical advisor or maybe to do a cameo.

If you're looking for a decent movie featuring Navy SEALs that actually act like Navy SEALs, check out Tears of the Sun which Harry Humphries was the military advisor on, or The Rock which both Harry Humphries and Richard Marcinko were advisors on.



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