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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936705119
Feature: Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher star in The Guardian, the powerful, action-packed drama that takes you inside the never-before-seen world of the elite Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Reeling with grief in the wake of a mission gone tragically wrong, legendary Rescue Swimmer Ben Randall (Costner) is given a mission he doesn t want training raw recruits. Once there, he knocks heads with cocky Jake Fis
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1SpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0SpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
MPN: 5064803
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 2006
Features:- Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher star in The Guardian, the powerful, action-packed drama that takes you inside the never-before-seen world of the elite Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Reeling with grief in the wake of a mission gone tragically wrong, legendary Rescue Swimmer Ben Randall (Costner) is given a mission he doesn t want training raw recruits. Once there, he knocks heads with cocky Jake Fis
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
After losing his team in a tragic accident, rescue swimmer Ben Randall is given the task of training new recruits, and is challenged by one who wants to break all his records.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 23-JAN-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
The Guardian offers satisfying entertainment with a no-nonsense combination of Hollywood formula and good old-fashioned star power. While honoring the men and women who serve as rescue swimmers for the U.S. Coast Guard, this predictable yet appealing drama is a well-crafted showcase for Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, who bring welcome depth and dimension to their formulaic roles. It's basically Top Gun for the Coast Guard, with Costner playing a legendary rescuer haunted by recent tragedy and the impending break-up of his marriage, and Kutcher as the hot-shot recruit whose bravado is tested when Costner takes over a grueling 18-week basic training course, where a 50% attrition rate ensures that only the best will make the grade. There's nothing particularly inventive about Ron L. Brinkerhoff's screenplay, but it's intelligently written and well-directed (by The Fugitive helmer Andrew Davis) as it shows how seasoned veteran and troubled but talented trainee build mutual respect while sorting through the trauma of accidents that left each of them as sole survivors, tormented by self-doubt and guilt.
Bolstered by a strong supporting cast including Neal McDonough, John Heard, Sela Ward and Clancy Brown, The Guardian is a bit on the long side (137 minutes), but it never feels slow, and a romantic subplot (with Kutcher wooing a schoolteacher played by Melissa Sagemiller) blends nicely with thrilling ocean-rescue sequences incorporating a seamless blend of CGI and footage shot in a 750,000-gallon water tank. Music fans will welcome the scene-stealing appearance of veteran singer Bonnie Bramlett as the owner of a jazz/blues club near the training base, where The Guardian serves up yet another staple of its genre: the barroom brawl. Although Hurricane Katrina prevented The Guardian from being filmed in New Orleans in 2005, real-life footage during the closing credits makes it clear that the Coast Guard was essential in Katrina's aftermath, and this rousing drama pays overdue tribute to those who risk there lives (to quote the Coast Guard's motto) "so that others may live." --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
I absolutely loved this movie. As a Red Cross disaster volunteer I witnessed the work of the Coast Guard during Kathrina and at many other disasters since. People don't hear about the Coast Guard much, but if you just think about their name... they have a lot to protect, all the time, not just when we are at war. I loved Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher is one of my favorites. I only wish they hadn't cut out so much of the movie and it would have been longer. I've watched this movie so many times ... Read More
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As others have doubtlessly pointed out, there are some genuine parallels between the present movie and the 1980s Top Gun (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition). Like TG, it is about a grizzled veteran (portrayed by Kevin Costner) who is attempting to teach a young hot-shot (Ashton Kutcher) (in TG it was Tom Skeritt & Tom Cruise in these roles). There is the ubiquitous babe-in-the-bar-bet (this time played by Melissa Sagemiller; Kelly McGillis in TG). And, of course, there are the haunting ... Read More
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I must say that the guardian is a very solid movie. When you think of ashton kucher in acting roles you think dumbass college boy right? Well in this movie he is completely opposite from that and very serious. He did a very good job in his role as Jake Fischer. But let me start from the beginning.
The guardian is a movie about the coast guard and in particular rescue swimmers. It's about a bunch of recruits who are going through training to be rescue swimmers. The coast guard only takes ... Read More
Rating:  -
Being a member of the CG Auxiliary I had high hopes for this movie. I was very disappointed. What could have been a good but often told tale of "the old veteran training young upshots" quickly degenerated into a rip-off of the vastly superior "Officer and a Gentleman," right down to the spray-the-young-recruit-with-a-hose scene. The only good things were Kutcher's love interest, and the old lady who owned the bar Costner's character frequents; good actresses. And the ending where Costner's character ... Read More
Rating:  -
i like costner and kutcher just fine and wanted to like this movie, but (oh jesus!!!!!!!!!) it was awful. The screenplay was utter [..], leading us to devastatingly horrible acting. I could watch it again and try to give it another shot, but it is just not worth it. I remember sitting in the movie theater and cringing in the pain of how horrible it was to watch this. Watch at your own risk!!
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