The Vanguard (2008)

Director:

Matthew Hope

Writer:

Matthew Hope (writer)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Plot Keywords:

Barbed Wire | Stabbed In The Chest | Hunting | Blood Sample | Raincoat

Cast

Karen Admiraal	...	Linda
Jack Bailey	...	Lead Biosyn
Ray Bullock Jr.	...	Max
Emma Choy	...	Rachael
Terry Cole	...	Tracker #4
Cherise Zoe Conroy	...	Zombie
Rob Cooper	...	Biosyn #2
Bahi Ghubril	...	Hareem Jabbar
Shiv Grewal	...	Tracker / Jamal
Christopher Hatherall	...	Biosyn
Martin Hobbs	...	Tracker #3
Farhan Khan	...	Tracker #2
Steve Weston	...	Zac
Simon Whyman	...	Biosyn #4

Directed by
Matthew Hope

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matthew Hope		writer

Produced by
Robert Henry Craft	....	producer
Steve Dann	....	producer
Anthony Delany	....	co-producer
John Hope	....	executive producer
Matthew Hope	....	producer
Harry F. Rushton	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Mark Delany

Cinematography by
David Byrne

Film Editing by
Simon Adams
Larry Trybec

Art Direction by
John Luke Roy

Costume Design by
Claire French

Makeup Department
Laura Barnes	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kevin Phelan	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Aguirre	....	second assistant director (daily)
Jake Clifford	....	second assistant director (daily)
Liam Lock	....	third assistant director
Paul Murphy	....	first assistant director
Steve Murphy	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Lee Grainge	....	sound designer
Zane Hayward	....	sound editor
Richard Kondal	....	foley editor
Jules MacDonald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Marshall	....	boom operator
Matthew Morreale	....	boom operator
Julian Willson	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Phil Anderson	....	special effects makeup
Robbie Drake	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Ally Burnett	....	digital effects artist
Sarah Cloutier	....	visual effects producer
Tony Lawrence	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Rob Cooper	....	stunt performer
Simon Whyman	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
David Byrne	....	camera operator
Miriam Hermanns	....	clapper loader
Yuri Kawana	....	Steadicam operator
David Lee	....	focus puller: dailies
Jimmy Ward	....	clapper loader

Editorial Department
Kerri Aungle	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Mark Maclaine	....	music mixer
Mark Maclaine	....	music producer

Other crew
Jack Bailey	....	choreographer: biosyn
David Bispham	....	floor runner
Ami Carter	....	crowd coordinator
Farhan Khan	....	assistant to producer
Ben Galster	....	carmera trainee (uncredited)

Thanks
Kevin Gates	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Propaganda Pictures

Distributors

• Propaganda Pictures (2007) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Accent Film Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Blue Sky Media (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Pan Vision Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Videorama (2008) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• UK Computamatch  negative cutting

Runtime:

UK:89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

Arabic | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA (2009)

Company:

Propaganda Pictures

Perfection of crappiness

In the course of a year I watch app. 600-700 movies - and compared to most movies "The Vanguard" sucks big time. I really struggled to find a reason for why this movie was even made. I really wish all movie directors would spend more time thinking about what they want to say with their movies - instead of just collecting 90 minutes of worthless film and call it a movie.

There's no plot - and the settings/scenery are unconvincing and the actors should really consider a career change, maybe somewhere in the fastfood or cleaning business - as they have no talent for anything, as this foul crap of a movie clearly shows.