The Guard (2011)

96 min · Buddy Cop, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, action film, comedy film, drama film

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Directors

John Michael McDonagh

Cast

Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Rory Keenan, Laurence Kinlan, Liam Cunningham, Owen Sharpe, Fionnula Flanagan, Wale Ojo, Mark O'Halloran, Gary Lydon, Darren Healy, David Wilmot, Mark Strong, Katarina Cas, Sarah Greene, Dominique McElligott, David Pearse, Dermot Healy, Pat Shortt

The story

Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an officer of the Garda Síochána (police) in the Connemara district in the west of Ireland. He is crass and confrontational, regularly indulging in drugs and alcohol even while on duty. He is also shown to be well read and highly intelligent as well as having a softer side, showing concern for his ailing mother, Eileen.

Catalogue themes and tags

Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Black People, Drug Smuggle, Drugs, Ermordung, FBI-Agentin, Iren, Irland, Loss of Mother, Mother Son Relationship, Murder of Police Man, Police Corruption, Polizeibeamter, Prostitute, Selbstmord, Shootout, Terminally Ill, Village Policeman, Zusammenarbeit, Thriller, Crime Fiction, World cinema, Action/Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Black comedy, Action

Genres

Buddy Cop, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, action film, comedy film, drama film

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