The Guard

2011

1h 36m

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When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

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John Michael McDonagh

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John Michael McDonagh(screenplay by)

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Brendan Gleeson

Don Cheadle

Liam Cunningham

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Brendan Gleeson

Sergeant Gerry Boyle

Don Cheadle

FBI agent Wendell Everett

Francis Sheehy

Clive Cornell

Gabriela McBride

Liam O'Leary

Garda Aidan McBride

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Aoife O'Carroll

Sinead Mulligan

Eileen Boyle

Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton

Eugene Moloney

Garda No. 1

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Billy Devaney

Doctor Oleyuwo

Jimmy Moody

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John Michael McDonagh

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John Michael McDonagh(screenplay by)

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7/10

I couldn't help but wonder just how much acting Brendan Gleeson was actually doing here! He really does look like he's enjoying himself as the irreverent Garda officer "Boyle" whose sleepy Irish community finds itself embroiled in an FBI investigation led by "Everett" (Don Cheadle) into a smuggling racket that could involve $500m worth of cocaine. It's fair to say that "Boyle" does things very much his own way, doesn't really care about any hierarchies and the arrival of his by-the-book American counterpart is just a pain in the neck. Quite quickly, we are on the trail of the gang and though their developing relationship does take a fairly predictable path, their dialogue is peppered with some pithy and sarcastic humour and the detective work shows up, quite cleverly, the differences and effectiveness of their methods of policing. All along we know who there baddies are, and Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham deliver quite well as they assume that the local yokel will prove no trouble to their nefarious industry. The end is a little disappointing, but generally the whole thing moves along quickly and entertainingly with their culture clashing personalities well presented by Gleeson and Cheadle avoiding the worst excesses of stereotyping.

Geronimo196730 Mar, 2024