The Guardian
Directed by Andrew DavisA high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
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The Guardian Ratings & Reviews
- faizannabiApril 3, 2025One of the greatest movies and underrated.
- Richard DavisJanuary 26, 2026An under-rated film, with some excellent sea rescue footage. Kutcher is a weak actor, but plays the cocky young student well, but Costner raises the film and is so watchable. Smaltzy story, but essentially a recruiting ad for the USCG.
- mickerdooJuly 11, 2025Kind of predictable but still a pretty heroic portrayal of an outrageously courageous occupation. Costner is the man.
- Ben SzymanskiJanuary 12, 2025The ending was just a little too cheesy, while refusing the fan service (come on, just give it to us!). A fun flick about military life and the USCGs AST rating. Only thing missing was busting some narco subs.
The Guardian Trivia
The Guardian was released on September 28, 2006.
The Guardian was directed by Andrew Davis.
The Guardian has a runtime of 2h 19m.
The Guardian was produced by Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson.
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
The key characters in The Guardian are Ben Randall (Kevin Costner), Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher), Helen Randall (Sela Ward).
The Guardian is rated PG-13.
The Guardian is an Adventure, Action, Drama film.
The Guardian has an audience rating of 8 out of 10.
The Guardian had a budget of $10M.
The Guardian has made $95M at the box office.