Navy Seals (1990)

I really love this movie. Great Military Action, great actors all around and awesome music ("The Boys are Back in Town" performed by Bon Jovi)

This is a movie I remember seeing when it came out, on video. I've seen this at least 5 times over the years. Recently picked it up on Blu-Ray!

About the Movie:
The movie is about "The Teams", groups of Navy Seals organized by President John F. Kennedy to handle guerrilla-type operations on Sea-Air-Land, hence SEAL. The movie depicts the Seals training regimens and a couple of missions leading up the final mission to Beirut, Lebanon to destroy American built Stinger Missiles that have fallen into the terrorist's hands. For a more detailed summary and review of the Blu-Ray disc see the High-Def Digest and/or Amazon.com.

The Actors:
Micheal Biehn, a very good actor which never made it to the A-List despite being in some of the biggest hits of the 80s! Most known for his roles in The Terminator (James Cameron), Aliens (James Cameron) and The Abyss (James Cameron), see a pattern developing? Also for this flick, Navy Seals, K2: The Ultimate High, The Rock and Tombstone! A very underrated actor who always turns in a great performance.

Charlie Sheen, a good actor who did hit the A-List with many, many films to his credit. My favorites of Sheen's are: Young Guns (w/ Emilio Estevez), Red Dawn (w/ Patrick Swayze), Major League, Men at Work (w/ Emilio) and Cadence. Also, a very memorable scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off with Jennifer Grey (who was also in Red Dawn)! Spoofed military movies in Hot Shots along with one of his most famous roles in Wall Street with his father Martin Sheen, one of the best scenes in that movie.

Rick Rossovich, who is most remembered for Top Gun and Navy Seals. Checking the IMDB, I see he was also in The Terminator, which I have no recollection of him in that movie. Bill Paxton was also in The Terminator for a brief scene.

Bill Paxton, most remembered for Aliens, Navy Seals, and Titanic. Paxton has probably been the most successful actor from this film, with Sheen being the only exception. Has been in U-571, Tombstone, True Lies, Apollo 13, Twister, Vertical Limit, and Weird Science ("CHET"). Paxton is a great character actor who is always great in every film he's in.

Dennis Haysbert, best known now for 24 (President David Palmer) and The Unit (Jonas Blane "Snake-Doc"). He was also in Major League (w/ Sheen) as Pedro Cerrano. Ironic that he returns to the special forces for four seasons in the Unit 15 years after Navy Seals.

S. Epetha Merkerson, most known for her long-running role on Law & Order. I also know her from Mann & Machine where she also played a police captain. Also in Terminator 2 as Mrs. Dyson.

My Comments:
I love this movie as I love most military-themed films. I enjoy this even today for the excellent cast it had. Every actor did an honorable job in portraying the best of the best of America's Special Forces. I have always been a fan of Biehn since Terminator and this movie.

My favorite scenes are by far the Training sequence, the "Kill Room" and final sequence starting with the HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) jump. This movie, despite its problems, is still enjoyable to watch and surprisingly still topical!

Highly recommended movie. The Blu-Ray contains the film, a trailer and a second disc with a DVD-copy of the film. Extremely worth the purchase if you can get it for about $10, which you can from Amazon.com on sale.