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starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown directed by: Andrew Davis  List Price: $19.99 Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $5.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Guardian EAN: 0786936705119 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone Languages: Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone MPN: DISD50648D 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 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Reeling with grief after a mission gone tragically wrong rescue swimmer ben randall is given a mission he doesnt want - training raw recruits. Once there he knocks heads with cocky jake fischer a swimming champ whos more interested in breaking records than saving lives. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/26/2008 Starring: Kevin Costner Ashton Kutcher Run time: 136 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Andrew Davis 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Guardian - Blu-ray InfoVersion: U.S.A / Region A Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1 Running time: 2:19:05 Movie size: 30,35 GB Disc size: 33,29 GB Average video bit rate: 16.76 Mbps Subtitles: English SDH / Danish / Dutch / Finnish / French / German / Icelandic / Norwegian / Spanish Number of chapters: 12 LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 4608kbps DTS Audio ... Read More Rating: - Too long but good flick.The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher focuses on the important work of U.S. Coast Guards and all the hard training these young men/women have to endure. The two stars give powerful performances, I was very impressed by Kutcher's acting chops and he has a nice body too. Sela Ward feels a little bit out of place who plays Costner's long suffering wife. My only gripe is that this film is 45 minutes too long, The Guardian is a good and well-directed film, watch it sometime. Rating:  - You Won't Be Bored!This film is jam-packed with action about true life adventures. It will leave you with overwhelming respect for the men in the U.S. Coast Guard. Along with all the heart-stopping action, you see the softer side and an underlying determination that is rare in today's society. These men are a rare breed and it shows the tenacity and true heart with which they perform their life-saving feats. I am honored to be a citizen of this great country and proud of all of our military ... Read More Rating: - Guardian is a re-make of a Japanese Movie/Comic Book/TV series, named UmizaruI watched the movie recently on a plane and found the movie is a re-make or a Hollywood version of the 2004 Japanese movie Umizaru, which is based on a Japanese Comic Book and a TV series of the same title, which is about the Japanese Coastal Guard. The storylines touch on the training, the ordeal, the iron fist trainer, etc, I would say over 85% resemblance. I do not have the chance to scan through the credit at the end of the movie to see if there is an acknowledgement of the original screen writer. ... Read More Rating: - Great Movie / Good GraphicsA well made movie with lots of good special effects and sound - turn the volume up on the water rescue scenes. 
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