7.8
Le Samouraï
1967
“Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?”
Veronica Guerin (2003)
July 11, 20031h 38mEN
6.7
332 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Joel SchumacherWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$17.0M
Revenue
$9.4M
Production Companies
Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsTouchstone PicturesPersevere Productions Ltd.World 2000 Entertainment
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John Chard
8.0You'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 Ma…
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