Veronica Guerin( 2003)

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Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Cate Blanchett
Veronica Guerin
Gerard McSorley
John Gilligan
Ciarán Hinds
John Traynor
Brenda Fricker
Bernie Guerin
Don Wycherley
Chris Mulligan
Barry Barnes
Graham Turley
Paul Ronan
Jimmy Guerin
Simon O'Driscoll
Cathal Turley
Gerry O'Brien
Martin Cahill
Emmet Bergin
Aengus Fanning
Charlotte Bradley
Anne Harris
Mark Lambert
Willie Kealy
Garrett Keogh
Tony Gregory
Maria McDermottroe
Geraldine Gilligan
Paudge Behan
Brian Meehan
Joe Hanley
Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland
David Murray
Charles Bowden
Karl Shiels
Gilligan Gang Member #1
Barry McEvoy
Gilligan Gang Member #2
Gina Costigan
Traynor's Girlfriend
Alan Devine
Gerry Hutch
Gabrielle Reidy
Frances Cahill
Paul Roe
Tommy Mullen
David Herlihy
Peter 'Fatso' Mitchell
Darragh Kelly
Terry Fagan
Laurence Kinlan
Timmy (14-year-old Junkie)
Ned Dennehy
Jamey the Tout
Colin Farrell
Tattooed Boy
Fiona Glascott
Meehan's girlfriend

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Tue Mar 03 2020

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 Mar...