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

**An ordinary cop, enjoying his single life, gets into a real cop business!** I won't say it is an overrated film, but it simply did not work for me. The same director who had made 'Calvary' directed this one as well with Brendon Gleeson in the lead, but that was an earlier project to this one. I loved that film, not this one, though I consider it an average, because I did not find it bad. The theme was very familiar, and too much wasted scenes with the slow narration spoiled my mood. There's no clear perspective of the storytelling, just it concentrated on a small town cop and his single l...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$6,000,000.00

Revenue $19,560,274.00

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