The Guard (2011)

R07/07/2011Action, 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. Cast 1

    Brendan Gleeson

    Sergeant Gerry Boyle

  2. Cast 1

    Don Cheadle

    FBI agent Wendell Everett

  3. Cast 1

    Liam Cunningham

    Francis Sheehy

  4. Cast 1

    Mark Strong

    Clive Cornell

  5. Cast 1

    Katarina Čas

    Gabriela McBride

  6. Cast 1

    David Wilmot

    Liam O'Leary

  7. Cast 1

    Rory Keenan

    Garda Aidan McBride

  8. Cast 1

    Laurence Kinlan

    Photographer

  9. Cast 1

    Dominique McElligott

    Aoife O'Carroll

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$6,000,000.00

Revenue $19,560,274.00

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