The Guardians
2012 · Movie · 133 min. · Germany
Max Fischer, an ex-special forces soldier, is hired to protect Nina troubled teen, troubled Because She Witnessed a very brutal murder and some very mean people want her dead. Betrayed and on the run from the arms dealer murdering Thomas Backer, a man who will stop at nothing and anybody to Achieve his goals, Max and orphan loner Nina Circumstances draw increasingly closer as forge them from strangers to friends, Their insecurity becoming trust, each Relying on the other one for protection. Turning to Max's former comrade-in-arms, the handicapped Rudi, Max and Nina's new found safety proves to be only temporary. Again forced to flee, They seek refuge with Sara, the love of Max's life and, unknown to him, the state prosecutor who has been charged with Nina's witness protection. It's now a race against time as Sara seeks to bring the two runaways into safety as the vicious Backer pulls out all the stops. Max and Sara Little do know, however it, there is a traitor in Their ranks. Events pile onto one another, the body count rises until things climax in a furious firefight of a showdown: bullets fly and yet more lives will be lost.
Direction Til Schweiger
Cast Til Schweiger · Luna Schweiger · Moritz Bleibtreu · Karoline Schuch · Herbert Knaup · Kostja Ullmann · Hannah Herzsprung · Rainer Bock · Tim Wilde · Katharina Schüttler · Axel Stein
Soundtrack Martin Todsharow
Screenplay Til Schweiger · Stephen Butchard · Paul Maurice
Cinematography Adrian Cranage
Original title Schutzengel
5.8
51 votes (FilmAffinity)
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