Guardian focuses on LAPD Detective John Kross (Mario Van Peebles), who was a part of the Gulf War and helped target the smart bombs. While on a mission he finds an archaeologist who uncovers a tomb labelled "do not open" and whose wife has just given birth to a baby. John has to rescue the civilians before the bomb hits, yet things don't go according to plan. He gets wounded and fails to save the civilians, so the bomb hits, and the archaeologist opens the tomb. After the blast he sees someone take the baby, and then when he wakes in hospital, carvings have been etched into his chest. After this introduction, John, several years later, is searching for a drug called 'chaos' which causes people to go around killing people. This is the introduction, and if any more were said, too much would be given away.

This really isn't very exciting or thrilling, but does contain the gravity-defying wire-work seen in films such as The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Charlie's Angels. Take a note that the ratings for the movies are based on opinion, and hence mine is fairly low. Some of you will like it, and others won't - it's up to you to grab a copy and decide for yourself.

The video is presented in a full screen ratio of 1.33:1, and is therefore obviously not 16x9 enhanced.

The quality of the picture is not too bad, yet it lacks clarity in some scenes. Generally the picture is fairly sharp, but does lack some definition. The colours are fairly warm and harsh, which suits the mood of the film, and the blacks are not quite black. However, saying this, shadow detail is very good.

The transfer is very clean, showing no film grain or film artefacts. There are some slight MPEG artefacts throughout the film which seems strange given that it is only 86 minutes on a single-layered disc. Sadly, for hearing-impaired people, there are no subtitles.

There is one audio track, in Dolby Digital 5.1 English. Note that the package is incorrect in stating that Guardian has a Pro-Logic track.

Dialogue is generally good, except some phrases can be hard to understand. This comes from the centre channel. The soundstage is fairly empty with a flat soundtrack that doesn't envelope the audience like other tracks can. The audio does sound like a Pro-Logic track placed in a 5.1 skin.

The score accompanies what is on screen, yet isn't as memorable as other scores can be.

The extra features are obviously called this rather than special features as simply they are not special. Hmmm, a menu and a trailer just don’t cut it these days. The trailer is 1.85:1 and is not 16x9 enhanced. It runs for approximately 1:53.

The video transfer is reasonably good, apart from the full-frame picture. The audio transfer is passable, but nowhere near as good as it could have been. The extra features are just extras, not special at all and the film is barely passable. It may be right up your alley for some mindless entertainment, but if you are after something more, you might like to reconsider your options.