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Navy Seals (1990)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 17

A non-winning military recruitment progaganda movie that happens to star Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn.

Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

A non-winning military recruitment progaganda movie that happens to star Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn.

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Movie Info

An elite unit of Navy commandos battles Arab terrorists in possession of a deadly arsenal.

R, 30 min.

Documentary, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Lewis Teague

In Theaters: Jul 20, 1990 Wide

On DVD: Jan 14, 1998

Orion Home Video

Cast

Charlie Sheen
Lt. Dale Hawkins
Michael Biehn
Lt. James Curran
Joanne Whalley
Claire Verens
Rick Rossovich
Leary
Cyril O'Reilly
Rexer
Bill Paxton
Dane
Paul Sanchez
Ramos
Nicholas Kadi
Ben Shaheed
Ezra Abraham
Israeli Intelligence
Mark Carlton
Jim Elmore
Bill Cort
Elliott West
Cathryn de Prume
Bartender
Ron Faber
Gen. Mateen
Nehme Fadlallah
Ali
Michael Fitzpatrick
Aircraft Carrier Office...
Tom Sean Foley
Crewman C130
Randy Hall
Navy Seal No. 8
Michael Halphie
Israeli Intelligence #1
Dennis Haysbert
Graham
Adam Hussein
Latanya Captain
George Jackos
Druze Fighter
Ronald G. Joseph
Capt. Dunne
Greg McKinney
U.S. Helicopter Pilot
S. Epatha Merkerson
Jolena
Rob Moran
US Helicopter Pilot
John Pruitt
Local TV Announcer
Vic Tablian
Terrorist
Ian Tyler
Shepherd
Richard Venture
Adm. Colker
Titus Welliver
Redneck in Bar
Ira Wheeler
Warren Stinson
Marc Zuber
Villa Hostage
Duncan Smith
EOD Officer
Sally Dennison
Julie Selzer
William Cort
William Hubbard Knight
Submarine Captain
William Roberts
Aircraft Carrier Office...
Gregory McKinney
Joanne Whalley-Kilmer

Critic Reviews for Navy Seals

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (18) | DVD (4)

Nifty performances make this routine action flick better than it probably has a right to be.

January 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

They take their explosives and their silly roles much too seriously.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Caryn James

New York Times

Top Critic

Like a real Navy SEAL, it does what it's supposed to do and gets out of there quickly, and doesn't remain in your memory for long.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Joe Brown

Washington Post

Top Critic

Pass the ammunition.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

I was bored silly by the Crayola mechanics. Navy Seals hasn't aged well, and now I rather hate my younger self for ever buying into the mentally challenged antics of the film.

July 24, 2010 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

[It] amounts to a less-than-involving two-hour commercial for the Navy.

January 9, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Not entirely bereft of entertainment value, even if most of it comes in the "unintentional" variety.

June 2, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

So-so pro military recruitment movie with some thrills/

June 1, 2006 Comment

Steve Crum

Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Teague, meanwhile, is far too busy orchestrating the large-scale action sequences to make anything of the cardboard characters, episodic plotting, or clunking dialogue.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Action-Packed good fun with a killer soundtrack

May 4, 2005 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

Nothing great, or even good, but better than you might expect.

February 18, 2005 Comment

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Mediocre action movie with every cliche.

July 25, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

About.com

The film where we began to suspect that Charlie Sheen might not be as cool as we thought.

December 30, 2002 Comment

Rob Vaux

Flipside Movie Emporium

Ohmigod. Bad. Ohmigod. Bad. Ohmigod. Bad.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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This is probably one of your perfect over the top, kick ass, gun ho, testosterone filled macho man fests, the cast is what really rocks here with a classic list of 80's action stars...Sheen, Biehn, Paxton and Rossovich, can't get much better than that :)The plot is pretty much one set piece after another with little

August 11, 2009

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

The desperate search to find another branch of the services to undergo a Top Gun Treatment settles on naval commandos. American response to Middle Eastern terrorism is to send this bunch of larger louts in, knowing that whichever side ends up.

March 20, 2007

Dean McKenna

Super Reviewer

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