Guardian

Pros: Costner and Kutcher. Showed the work of the Coast Guard.
Cons: Not the most original story. I didn't like one thing that happened.

Rescue swimmers in the Coast Guard have a very dangerous job, risking their lives to save strangers in horrible conditions. I have known that the Coast Guard performed rescues at sea but I hadn’t really thought about what it would take to do that ...

Pros: original subject matter, some true emotions
Cons: a little too cookie-cutter, plot all-to-familiar, no good supporting roles, too predictable

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Ben Randall has been at the top of his game for years, but when a freak accident occurs to his team on a mission, it calls into question everything he feels about the job. Reassigned to a teaching school, he comes face-to-face ...

Pros: Great acting, solid story, great job recreating intense ocean scenes.
Cons: A few cliche military scenes.

I rented this movie a several weeks ago. This was another film that I intended to see, but never had the chance to catch it while it was still in the theater. Some of the scenes looked like they may have been very impressive on the big screen, so I ...

Pros: A wonderful glimpse into a world I knew nothing about.
Cons: A bit too long, I was getting fidgety towards the end.

The Guardian showed me a world I knew nothing about - that of the U.S. Coast Guard, and the brave men and women who put their own lives on the line, to save others. With powerful drama, intense action, and some very strong character portrayals, ...

Pros: Acting makes the characters come alive
Cons: Story is mostly familiar

Ben Randall (Kevin Costner) is a rarity in the Coast Guard. Even though he's over 40, he's still in the field serving as a rescue swimmer. Whenever the sea near his base in Kodiak, Alaska gets rough, he's the one who jumps out of the helicopter and ...

Pros: Well acted, believable and not as trite as some would think
Cons: Familiar, regardless of its emotional staying power

Whether we're talking about the question of why firefighters run into a burning building when everyone else is running out, or the collaborative effort of individuals trained to the highest peak of their ability to rescue drowning people in the sea, all ...

Pros: great acting, very good effects, not too graphic
Cons: a little slow in spots, a couple of characters could have been better rounded

The ocean is a very unpredictable thing, you can sail for half a century and still be caught unaware by the ever-changing moods of the sea. That is why we have a United States Coast Guard. This is the story of a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Ben Randall ...

Pros: Very good action, good cinematography, decent acting.
Cons: Typical Hollywood heroic formula action movie.

When I saw the trailers for 'The Guardian' I knew I would have to see it regardless of the critics reviews. I'm pretty much a sucker for any movie involving action on the seas. I saw 'The Perfect Storm' twice before it left theaters and will even admit ...

Pros: Fantastic scenes of oceanic storms and helicopter rescues; Great overall story
Cons: Drags a little in the middle - poorly scripted and superfluous "pillow talk" scenes.

This is the type of movie I love the best - a movie with a good, strong moral which is not pushy, preachy or even obvious until the ending, wherein I am inspired to believe that maybe - just maybe - the world *does* contain a few good and worthy men who ...

Pros: Such a powerful movie with a great plot.
Cons: I cried

This was one of the most emotionally poignant shows I have seen in a long time. I was so deeply involved, I felt like one of the swimmers. I was thinking that I could never become a coast guard rescue swimmer, because of how well they portrayed them in ...

Pros: Action Packed, drama with excellent visual effects.
Cons: The ending was sad and made me cry.

Let me start by saying Kevin Costner is one of the best actors alive today! This movie was incredible. It was not only action packed but also had some drama and excellent visual effects. I also thought this one was entertaining and ...

Pros: Great movie with lots of great action
Cons: Sad at the end

This movie is such a great movie. It keeps you thinking, guessing, and wondering. It is a great movie. You get to see how the u.s coast guard saves lives for others. You also get to see some of the people training to become in the u.s coast guard. Ashton Kutcher who is training, becomes a member of the u.s coast guard. You get to watch im save some lives. When Ashton Kutcher is in need for help in one of his rescues, Ben Randall ( legendary rescuer ) saves him. Ben Randall helped teach at the training school to become a member of the u.s coast guard. This movie is great, but sad at the end.