AustLit

'Billed as a girls’ own adventure and made with mostly women behind the camera, On Guard is a feminist heist thriller starring Liddy Clark.

Set in Sydney, On Guard centres on four very different women who set out to sabotage the research program of global reproductive-engineering firm Utero. But when one of the women loses her diary containing the group’s plans, they begin to fear exposure. With tensions mounting, and the women’s lives as lovers, mothers and providers encroaching, the stage is set for an entertaining but serious-minded romp.

Directed on a shoestring by Susan Lambert, who went on to make acclaimed documentaries including Tokyo Bound: Bondage Mistresses of Japan (MIFF 2001) and Tyke Elephant Outlaw (MIFF 2015), On Guard features former politician and Play School presenter Liddy Clark, Legally Brown’s Alice Ansara in her first onscreen role, and 80s lesbian rocker Mystery Carnage, whose post-punk band Stray Dags also provided music for the film.' (ACMI)