A Nutshell Review: The Guardian
There are many, many films out there about various uniformed folk.
The police and fire department probably get represented a fair bit
in movies, ranging from heroic stories, to tragedies, and some even
featuring them in bad light. In my opinion, first movies should
always be sort of a tribute story to the boys and girls in uniform,
before adding some flavour in subsequent films with more
sophisticated stories that can even venture into putting some
characters in negative light. Think Backdraft, where you have the
good and the bad apples from the fire department. Though on the
other hand, first movies can also be hampered by this approach to
the storyline, for its emphasis on the introduction of the
profession's job scope, in keeping things stuck to a formula, and
by having characters no less than heroic.
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