Veronica Guerin

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.

Cast

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

as Veronica Guerin

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

as John Gilligan

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

as John Traynor

Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker

as Bernie Guerin

Don Wycherley

Don Wycherley

as Chris Mulligan

Barry Barnes

Barry Barnes

as Graham Turley

Simon O'Driscoll

Simon O'Driscoll

as Cathal Turley

Emmet Bergin

Emmet Bergin

as Aengus Fanning

Charlotte Bradley

Charlotte Bradley

as Ann Harris

Mark Lambert

Mark Lambert

as Willy Kealy

Reviews

John Chard

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 dep...

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