The Guardian
In an exciting story about one of the Coast Guard rescuers, Ben Randall. Ben Randall is required to take up the post of trainer at the University of California Training facility in Louisiana after the death of his entire staff. Ben will notice days that a man named Jake has unlimited possibilities but his boots seem very disturbed. Ben tries to get closer to Jake and give him lessons not only in swimming or rescuing but also in life, love and the future.
19 January 1958, Hollywood, California, USA
21 November 1997, Dallas, Texas, USA
7 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
13 February 1966, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
20 May 1965, Redondo Beach, California, USA
21 August 1939, Minden, Louisiana, USA
3 February 1936, Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
23 February 1983, Carthage, Texas, USA
July 21, 1996
15 April 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 June 1978, USA
September 16, 2007
Overly bloated action drama that is predictable and drawn out.
March 24, 2007
Will definitely rescue some moviegoers from the post-summer doldrums, but someone should have told Davis that there's going to be casualities if he leaves audiences in the water that long.
March 15, 2007
The Guardian isn't as boring as Annapolis and SWAT, but it's still a feature-length training montage about kids learning the importance of taking it to the limit.
April 25, 2009
"The Guardian" is a pro-military propaganda movie from Hollywood that attempts to mask its agenda behind the life-saving rhetoric of Coast Guard rescue swimmers.
September 29, 2006
Little about The Guardian will surprise anyone from one scene to the next, though the ride is hardly unpleasant and the story is generous in scope.
March 22, 2011
There's nothing particularly wrong with it, it's just very tedious. Originality doesn't seem to be important and maybe it doesn't have to be as The Guardian is dealing with something true but what that something is the filmmakers seem to know.
September 29, 2006
The Guardian has the feel of a Sunday feature in a newspaper more than a drama.
September 29, 2006
Kutcher may soon be ready to anchor a Hollywood sea voyage. But for now, he's still a touch out of his depth.
December 07, 2007
There is a breadth of quality about the acting, including a fine performance from Sela Ward as Ben's estranged wife - making a lot more of her role than her meagre scripting suggests.
September 29, 2006
The Guardian does the job required: nothing more, nothing less, and nothing fancy.
September 29, 2006
Costner is suitably Costneresque -- that is, low-key, stoic, and capable of a wry turn here or there.
September 29, 2006
Kutcher and Costner have a kind of visual chemistry that's just as elusive as the other kind. And the connection and contrast between them remind us that Hollywood isn't as forgiving of older male actors as we like to think.
