Went to see a preview of The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. It's pretty much your standard training movie (e.g Top Gun, An Officer and a Genlteman) for the Coast Guard. OK, OK, the elite Coast Guard rescue diver program. I'm no Costner fan, but I actually found him doing a creditable job in this movie. I give this a 3/5 - worth renting.
A much better choice was The Illusionist. I don't want to give anything away, and it's probably best if you go in knowing nothing about it anyway, other than it is a very well-crafted story. Definitely worth watching - 4/5. I think this is Edward Norton's best film since Fight Club, and Paul Giamatti was very good as well.
Speaking of fighting, I had an attack of bad judgement and watched The Protector. It's really only worth watching if you really enjoy fight sequences. The plot, if you can call it that, is totally fractured and only serves to connect one fight to the next. If I hadn't known better, I'd thought this was some Street Fighter spin-off. There seemed to be a fighter dedicated to almost every martial art style, with the protagonist being the Muay Thai expert. Definitely NOT recommended: 1/5 - only suitable as background noise.
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