What should we do in an era when streaming services are so crowded with content (yet never seem to have the film I love) to the point that we are paralyzed by the tyranny of choice? Well, we can start by not paying for the privilege, and the free streamer Tubi is simply going to have what may be the most appropriate media catalog in the streaming game.

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Fox's free service claims it offers "the largest collection of top content on request", with alleged 275,000 films and TV episodes and more than 300 originals. It's more than anyone could see throughout our lives, but at least we don't pay for the interface to move the interface until we give up. Moreover, if you allow Tubi users to be your guide, there is a ready -made watch list in the form of a top 10 charts. Don't be delayed by the fact that Peppermint's crime thriller previously dominated the tube tables Despite the 13% rating of spoiled tomatoes. Throw caution in the wind and here's the comparative master's work that is "The Guardian".

This 37 % is not a classic of the genre of action drama, but it is obviously much better than Peppermint. What is it? Well, it's certainly not one of Kevin Costner's best moviesbut it is one of the Kevin Costner's movies. Is it worth looking at? According to Tubi's viewers, yes, because the film has just entered the top 10 of Strimmer.

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If the film starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher causes vague memories by A. Thriller of the Bonkers where Costner is a serial killer with an imaginary friendIt's not the "Guardian", that's the one he did with Dane Cook. The Guardian is the one where Costner plays a swimmer to rescue the Coast Guard Ben Randall, who lost the crew in a tragic accident and fills the gap with training of younger recruits. One of these recruits is swimming champion Jake Fisher (Kutcher), whom Randall mentored before taking him to a dangerous mission to the Berin Strait.

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Directed by Andrew Davis ("The refugee"), the Guardian did not impress the critics of his 2006 debut. But she managed to impress the viewers of tubes, who have now moved the movie into the Top 10 to Strimmer. The Guardian hit the platform on April 1, 2025, and took some time to be saved from the tide of the ocean with content. According to FlixpatrolA page that follows viewership across the various streaming platforms, the film finally managed to break the first 10 on April 18, 2025, when it entered the number 10 in the United States, this marks the debut of the Tubi Chart film, and depending on how things go with other films in the coming days, Coast Guard of the US title. Do you need to join this specific rescue mission? It depends on your tolerance for film that critics have widely considered a little too derivative to deserve a lot of recognition.

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"The Guardian" was not the most memorable film that Kevin Costner once appeared. That unfortunate honor goes to "Dragon" who, who,,, According to rotten tomatoes at least, is Costner's worst movie ever And he made just $ 52 million with a $ 60 million budget. But the Guardian is not so better. It at least returned its budget, entering $ 95 million In the $ 70m budget world. However, studios usually have to double the budget just to break through, so the Guardian wasn't very commercial success.

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Meanwhile, critics were simply not impressed by Costner as the Coast Guard. For example, David Germermen of the Associated Press wrote in his review that the Guardian, "dragged on as a slow boat ride to Anchorage, her heroic activity with a standard problem, and the tasteless dialogue went long before the film arrived in the big, courage." The "default edition" section seems to be the largest number with the film, as other reviewers also highlighted the clichés that were covered through the film by Andrew Davis, who, as it is, will prove to be his latest director. Descriptors such as "predictable" appear much across the entire range of reviews of spoiled tomatoes, with Steven Hunter of the Washington Post, may summarize things best: "The film begins to overload its frail cane from a huge curl from the cliché.

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However, some people liked it. The Aoujorc Times, Ao Scott, summed up the "Guardian" as a "frightening sea adventure, homemade melodrama and inspiring heavy heroic heroic teacher". Then again, this is the man who helped give Rick Alverson "Comedy" is a completely unused reputation. What is important to us is that the guys on the tubes liked, and if that means we don't have to descend the way into oblivion or face the dreaded "buy or rent" screen, then it's probably worth a look.