Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin was the Dublin journalist whose tenacious pursuit of Ireland’s druglords ended in her assassination., Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joel Schumacher take on the real-life story of an assassinated Irish journalist in the dramatic thriller Veronica Guerin. Cate Blanchett appears as the title character, a relentless crime reporter for The Sunday Independent during the early ’90s. Guerin’s violent murder in 1996 led to a revision of Ireland’s laws and the creation of the Criminal Assets Bureau. The movie picks up with her pursuit of the underground drug trade in Dublin, which she suspects is led by mobster Martin “The General” Cahill (Gerry O’Brien). When Cahill’s gang is attacked, she suspects mobster Gerry “The Monk” Hutch (Alan Devine) is responsible. Not deterred by threats or gunshot wounds, she uses thug John Traynor (Ciarán Hinds) as an informer to help out her investigation of psychotic mobster John Gilligan (Gerard McSorley). Schumacher’s protégé Colin Farell appears in a small role., Based on the true story of Veronica’s Guerin’s murder, the movie follows the reporters’ dealings with some of the most powerful and dangerous drug lords in Dublin. For over 18 months, Guerin had been exposing Dublin’s drug trade in her articles, starting with the teenagers who were hooked and working up to the dealers., Australian actress Cate Blanchett dominates this powerful biopic about the crusading Irish journalist who took on the Dublin mob and paid dearly. Blanchett is mesmerizing as Guerin, who ignored warnings, threats and physical attacks in her quest to bring to justice drug lords who were preying on Irish youth. Brenda Fricker also stands out as Guerin’s concerned mother. Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds., Drama based on the true events of an Irish journalist’s tenacious pursuit of Dublin’s drug and crime lords, culminating in her assassination by those very people in 1996. Veronica Guerin exposes the dangerous criminal underworld and, in turn, endangers herself and her family. She remains undeterred despite repeated attacks and threats, as she gets closer and closer to the criminal mastermind, John Gilligan., Biopic about an Irish journalist who was murdered in 1996 for digging too deeply into the Dublin underworld.