Act of Valor is a 2012 American action film produced and directed by Mouse McCoy and Scott Waugh and written by Kurt Johnstad. The film stars active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen, as well as Roselyn Sánchez, Jason Cottle, Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, and Emilio Rivera. Act of Valor was released in the United States on February 24, 2012, by Relativity Media. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing over $81 million worldwide against a production budget of $12 million.