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- 96 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Language English
- Country Ireland
- Rated:
- Format: 2.35:1
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- Directed by John Michael Mcdonagh
- Written by John Michael McDonagh
- Starring Brendan Gleeson, David Wilmot, Don Cheadle, Fionnula Flanagan, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Rory Keenan
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Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case. Left to run his territory to his liking for many years, he is not at all impressed when the FBI comes to town.
Elements of a cop story, a fish-out-of-water tale, a mismatched-partners comedy, and a daffy Irish yarn all combine in THE GUARD to create a delightful film that’s capped with fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
- More on The Guard:
- Official film Web site
- Interview with director Michael McDonagh