The Guard

Name: The Guard
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2011-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.973

About The Guard

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.

The Guard is a 2011 comedy crime film directed by John Michael McDonagh. The film is filed under blackmail, rural area, ireland, and buddy cop.

Brendan Gleeson takes the lead as Sergeant Gerry Boyle, Don Cheadle as FBI agent Wendell Everett, Liam Cunningham as Francis Sheehy, and Mark Strong as Clive Cornell. It runs 96 minutes and was released in July 2011.

The screenplay is by John Michael McDonagh. Produced by Element Pictures.

21 Jump Street, Hot Fuzz, and Bad Boys II make useful companions to The Guard, all filed under cops. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 1,468 votes and it carries a R rating.