The made-for-TV movie "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama...

The made-for-TV movie "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden" premieres on National Geographic. Credit: AP

"SEAL Team Six" is a competently produced if somewhat bland TV movie of the week that essentially casts the POTUS as a bit player in the drama. In fact, as configured here -- the film was directed by veteran actor-director John Stockwell -- the real heroes of the raid were grizzled tough guys with an outsized sense of duty and patriotism, known only by names you'd expect to encounter in comic books or maybe "Call of Duty": Sauce, Stunner, Cherry, Trench and Mule.

The other hero is Hollins, who may be based on a real person, or may be a composite, but what is abundantly clear (or not) is this: Her political affiliation is unknown and irrelevant. All she wants to do is bag a monster and she does. In a way, this film is dedicated to her -- and all the other men and women who worked so long to achieve the desired end. That's its chief bias.

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