The Guardian [DVD]

Was a bit like Officer & Gentlemen with Richard Gear but not quite got the same aggression. Not a bad film to watch but not the best.

Excellent movie about the heroic exploits of the Coast Guard and their Air Sea Rescue ASR wing, specifically the divers. Really is a roller coaster of a ride as you go through a catastrophic mission, that leads to the training school and then finally back to the harshness of the turbulent waters off the coast of Alaska. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

really enjoyed it

My second time watching as I'm not a big TV/Movie person. If you haven't watched then I highly recommend. It's not 5* but a comfortable 4*.

Great Movie.....

One of my favourite movies it’s brilliant highly recommend

Really good film to watch on a Sunday afternoon

This movie is undeniably formulaic and routine - and yet it is such a proficiently created variation on the genre of `grizzled-veteran-turns-brash-rookie-into-professional' that you can't help liking it for what it is.Costner is for once well cast as the seasoned coast guard swimmer who has to turn to training recruits after a nasty and well shot incident where he loses his crew. There, he meets Ashton Kuchter. Kuchter plays the young cocky upstart who learns valuable life and work lessons from the veteran. All routine stuff..? Absolutely, and yo can be forgiven at times for thinking you are watching a remake of Top Gun... but it has a sense of real conviction - and in picking coastguards for a subject we have all the clichés of military-like-training, without the negative connotations - only thoroughly decent heroes out to save lives. After a lengthy training period, the movie finishes with Kuchter's start working in Kodiak, Alaska with Costner's character. Kuchter has definitely developed some acting chops and fits well, with Costner being the glue that holds the movie together. It ends up being a tad too long, but all the ingredients are seasoned enough that it's worth the wait to get through to the end.Extras include a few deleted scenes of interest, an alternative ending which was rightfully dropped, and two slight press kit add ons - one about the making of the movie and one about the coastguards. Just the right amount to cover the movie.Emotions are successfully wrung by director, music composer and production designer, and Costner and Kuchter are on top form. Don't be as sceptical as I was - it's not as bad as some critics have maintained..