The Guard (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	July 29, 2011 (Limited)
On DVD:	January 3, 2012
Genre:	Comedy, Crime
Director:	John Michael McDonagh
Writer:	John Michael McDonagh
Cast:	Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, Fionnuala Flanagan, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Pat Shortt, Katarina Cas
Studio:	Sony Pictures Classics
Running Time:	96 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for pervasive language, violence drug material and some sexual content

Brendan Gleeson ("Harry Potter" series) stars as an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with a straitlaced FBI agent, played by Don Cheadle (upcoming Iron Man 2), to take on an international drug-smuggling gang.

Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his...

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Review by Nathan Samdahl (C)

The Guard is a film that works on many levels, but ultimately proves to be its own worst enemy. The debut feature of writer/director John Michael McDonagh, The Guard sports an impressive cast, including Brendan Gleeson, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong and one of my all-time personal favorites, Don Cheadle.

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