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11/07/2003 Drama, Crime, Thriller 1h 38m
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Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?

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.

  1. Joel Schumacher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Cate Blanchett

    Veronica Guerin

  2. Gerard McSorley

    John Gilligan

  3. Ciarán Hinds

    John Traynor

  4. Brenda Fricker

    Bernie Guerin

  5. Don Wycherley

    Chris Mulligan

  6. Barry Barnes

    Graham Turley

  7. Simon O'Driscoll

    Cathal Turley

  8. Emmet Bergin

    Aengus Fanning

  9. Charlotte Bradley

    Ann Harris

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-03-03
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 M...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$17,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,439,660.00

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