The Guardian (2006)
Monday, 23 Oct, 2006 03:28:46 PM
Extra Details: IMDB
Movie Mad Review:
When lives are on the line, sacrifice everything.
How Do You Decide Who Lives Or Who Dies?
Risk Everything!
Best described as the US Coast Guard version of "Top Gun" with a little "An Officer and A Gentleman" thrown in.
Kevin Costner plays an ageing USCG rescue swimmer whose team is killed in a horrific rescue mission.
Immediatley prior to this terrible event, his wife (Sela Ward) also announced that she cannot take anymore. His first love is always the rescue mission.
This leaves Costner an emotional wreck. His commander gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana.
Reluctantly he takes the position. Moving into the school, he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum that routinely fails half of the people that attend.
Here he meets a young man (Ashton Kutcher) with unlimited potential, but with some secret that seems to hold him back as a team player.
Thrown into the midst of the story is a romance with a local girl (Melissa Sagemiller). Rescue missions punctuate the beginning and end of the story with the training sessions the center of the film.
I went to see this movie expecting an easy going film, and it was! I enjoyed it as well, which was a surprise because Costner hasn't been great of late, but this time he was.
Also the suave of Top Gun was missing but I'm glad it was.
I am also not exactly a Ashton Kutcher fan, but he is starting to grow on me, and I feel sure he is starting to come of age. More from him in the future I think!
I would have liked to have given this movie a 3.5, but my web monkey doesn't allow half stars.
So I have given it 4, because I was happily entertained and I chose to hold my piss, for about 70 minutes when I knew I was about to explode.
So something must have been right with this movie!
Worth Watching ?
Definately, easy entertainment, and enjoyable.
Worth Owning on DVD ?
Certainly, and I look forward to watching it again!
Our Rating:
4 out of 5.
