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The Guard (2011)

07/07/2011 (IE)Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime1h 36m
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The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Brendan Gleeson

      Brendan Gleeson

      Sergeant Gerry Boyle

    2. Don Cheadle

      Don Cheadle

      FBI agent Wendell Everett

    3. Liam Cunningham

      Liam Cunningham

      Francis Sheehy

    4. Mark Strong

      Mark Strong

      Clive Cornell

    5. Katarina Čas

      Katarina Čas

      Gabriela McBride

    6. David Wilmot

      David Wilmot

      Liam O'Leary

    7. Rory Keenan

      Rory Keenan

      Garda Aidan McBride

    8. Laurence Kinlan

      Laurence Kinlan

      Photographer

    9. Dominique McElligott

      Dominique McElligott

      Aoife O'Carroll

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mar 30, 2024

    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 t...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$6,000,000.00

    Revenue$19,560,274.00

    Keywords

    • prostitute
    • drug smuggling
    • blackmail
    • rural area
    • ireland
    • buddy cop
    • cops
    • irish