The Guard
2011 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 7.0 · 86% critics
A small-town Irish cop is thrown into partnership with a straight-laced FBI agent to dismantle an international drug-trafficking ring. As their personalities clash, they work through differences in methods and attitudes to take down a dangerous gang.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-07-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (1,402 votes)
- Box office
- $17,600,000
- Budget
- $6,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a buddy-cop comedy thriller with Irish charm and sharp banter, like Grosse Pointe Blank or The Big Lebowski; Not for you if you dislike crass characters, dry/dark humor, or if you need a more consistently satisfying ending.
Pros: smart, wicked humor; strong lead performances; fast, engaging investigation | Cons: slow narration; uneven villains; some find ending disappointing
Themes
- prostitute
- drug smuggling
- blackmail
- rural area
- ireland
- buddy cop
- cops
- irish
Cast & crew
Brendan Gleeson
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle
as FBI agent Wendell Everett
Liam Cunningham
as Francis Sheehy
Mark Strong
as Clive Cornell
Katarina Čas
as Gabriela McBride
David Wilmot
as Liam O'Leary
Rory Keenan
as Garda Aidan McBride
Laurence Kinlan
as Photographer
Dominique McElligott
as Aoife O'Carroll
Sarah Greene
as Sinead Mulligan
Directed by John Michael McDonagh