In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin’s nosing.
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Film Cast:
- Veronica Guerin: Cate Blanchett
- Tattooed Boy: Colin Farrell
- John Gilligan: Gerard McSorley
- John Traynor: Ciarán Hinds
- Bernie Guerin: Brenda Fricker
- Chris Mulligan: Don Wycherley
- Graham Turley: Barry Barnes
- Jimmy Guerin: Paul Ronan
- Cathal Turley: Simon O’Driscoll
- Martin Cahill: Gerry O’Brien
- Aengus Fanning: Emmet Bergin
- Anne Harris: Charlotte Bradley
- Willie Kealy: Mark Lambert
- Tony Gregory: Garrett Keogh
- Geraldine Gilligan: Maria McDermottroe
- Brian Meehan: Paudge Behan
- Eugene ‘Dutchie’ Holland: Joe Hanley
- Charles Bowden: David Murray
- Gilligan Gang Member #1: Karl Shiels
- Gilligan Gang Member #2: Barry McEvoy
- Traynor’s Girlfriend: Gina Costigan
- Gerry Hutch: Alan Devine
- Frances Cahill: Gabrielle Reidy
- Tommy Mullen: Paul Roe
- Peter ‘Fatso’ Mitchell: David Herlihy
- Terry Fagan: Darragh Kelly
- Timmy (14-year-old Junkie): Laurence Kinlan
- Jamey the Tout: Ned Dennehy
Film Crew:
- Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
- Executive Producer: Mike Stenson
- Executive Producer: Chad Oman
- Original Music Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Script Supervisor: Jean Bourne
- Set Decoration: Paki Smith
- Production Design: Nathan Crowley
- Executive Producer: Ned Dowd
- Production Sound Mixer: Kieran Horgan
- Editor: David Gamble
- Director of Photography: Brendan Galvin
- Story: Carol Doyle
- Screenplay: Mary Agnes Donoghue
- Costume Design: Joan Bergin
- Casting: Nuala Moiselle
- Casting: Frank Moiselle
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robin O’Donoghue
- Still Photographer: Jonathan Hession
- Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford
- Supervising Sound Editor: John Downer
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Richard Street
Movie Reviews:
- John Chard: You’d do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same.
- The assassination of Dublin crime reporter Veronica Guerin in 1996 shook Ireland to the core, her murder saw a public swell of determination to rid the country of its drug peddlers. Joel Schumacher’s film is an in depth interpretation of the woman, her beliefs, her family life, her complexities and her stoicism to root out the drug barons putting liquid death into the arms of the many.
- Thankfully avoiding Hollywood clichés, it’s often gritty and well thought out, Schumacher and his writers, Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue, don’t soft soap the Guerin image, her faults are laid bare alongside her searing strengths. The dangers of her work are very prominent throughout, leading to some suspenseful and fearsome scenes. Cate Blanchett as Guerin is inspired casting, an actress capable of covering all facets of the human condition, and in support Ciaran Hinds, Gerard McSorley and Brenda Fricker give powerful performances. 8/10