Youth-oriented comedy drama about the adventures of a new student who enrolls in a high school run by a teen-age gang. He hires a bodyguard to protect him. Climax includes an... more...unforgettable fight.
Clifford Peach (Chris Makepeace), an easygoing teenager, is finding it less than easy to ... more
fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully (Matt Dillon) terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enli...
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Advantages: Wonderful acting adn storyline, excellent soundtrack Disadvantages: None from me
~~FILM ONLY REVIEW~~
Frank Farmer is an excellent bodyguard and has protected some of the top American people. He is surprised when he gets a visit from Devaney asking him to protect the latest acting sensation Rachel Marron. Frank goes to meet her and decides he will take on the job. Rachael is not happy about Frank taking over her home and enclosing everything, that is until she finds out about the threats which have been coming to her house both for her and her son.
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Rachael soon realises what danger she is in and tries to work with Frank to ensure her safety but soon there is a spark between the pair and this could jeopardise the working relationship. Frank has his work cut out in protecting Rachael as she seems determined to do the opposite of what she is told. Will Frank be able to keep her safe when the person who is ...
Advantages: Kevin Costner Disadvantages: Whitney Houston
Rachel Marron is a famous singer who has been receiving death threats from a supposed fan. Her manager hired Frank Farmer to be her personal bodyguard. Farmer, being an ex Secret Service agent takes his job very seriously and doesn't have any patience with Rachel's whims and tantrums and they clash at every opportunity. Despite their different lives and attitudes Rachel and Frank fall in love and things get more complicated as the threat to her life becomes more dangerous and encroaches on Frank's personal life too when he takes Rachel and her family to his father's home.
Where does the threat come from? Can Frank prevent a tragedy waiting to happen? Can they have a future together?
The Bodyguard was released in 1992 and I've seen it at least 3 times. Whitney Houston starred as Rachel Marron in her debut acting role and Kevin ...
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Rachel Marron ? Whitney Houston
Frank Farmer ? Kevin Costner
Plot
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The former Secret Service agent Frank Farmer works as a professional bodyguard and it is excellent in his job. He is asked to protect the music superstar Rachel Marron. Rachel is not very happy when the hardish Frank takes over her home but when she finds out about the letters she accepts his protection.
Franks tries to be just a professional bodyguard to really protect her but Rachel falls in love with him. After a night together they both know that their relationship may put Rachel?s protection in jeopardise. It is very hard to protect Rachel as she does exactly the opposite of what it was said her to do. Can Frank protect her?
My opinion
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I was only fourteen when I watched this film for the first time. This film keeps the record as I watched it ...
Youth-oriented comedy drama about the adventures of a new student who enrolls in a high school run by a teen-age gang. He hires a bodyguard to protect him. Climax includes an unforgettable fight.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Release date
06/03/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
0111101000
Barcode
5039036025041
Screenwriter
Alan Ormsby
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Youth-oriented comedy drama about the adventures of a new student who enrolls in a high school run by a teen-age gang. He hires a bodyguard to protect him. Climax includes an unforgettable fight.
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