Rotten
Less-than-compelling storyline.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
The Guardians
2012 · 2h 13m · N/A
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Til Schweiger
Overview
15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she has nobody she can trust. When corrupt businessman Thomas Backer sends five killers after Nina, witness protection officer, Max, a former special-forces soldier, is responsible for her safety. They soon overcome their initial distance to find common ground. While on the run from the ruthless Backer, Rudi, one of Max’s former comrades, comes to their rescue – and continues to help the two out of some precarious situations. Even Max’s ex-girlfriend Sara is not just there to help him as a federal prosecutor. Nevertheless, Nina and Max face ever-increasing danger, and soon the teenager is not the only one in need of a guardian angel – Max could use one too.
Director and cast
- Til Schweiger Director
- Til Schweiger as Max Fischer
- Luna Schweiger as Nina
- Moritz Bleibtreu as Rudi
- Karoline Schuch as Sara Müller
- Hannah Herzsprung as Helena
- Rainer Bock as Karl Falkner
- Nina Eichinger as Reporterin
- Oliver Korittke as Empfangsmitarbeiter
- Heiner Lauterbach as Thomas Backer
- Tim Wilde as Nicholas
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Rise of the Guardians is harmless enough, and the lack of easy pop-culture jokes represents the post-Shrek direction of DreamWorks well enough. But this is the studio's least entertaining film.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
The conceit has its charms but too much of this movie, directed by Peter Ramsey, is more clamorous than inspired, and little kids might find parts of it too scarily intense.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
'Rise of the Guardians' is an effervescent dose of fantasia that's pretty hard to dislike. Unless, of course, you're a cynical grump.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
The script seems to have been written by committee, with members lobbying for each major character, and the action, set in vast environments all over the map, spreads itself so thin that a surfeit of motion vitiates emotion.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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