The Guard
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DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2012-01-03
Genre: Comedy
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Dominique McElligott, Katarina Cas, Sarah Greene, David Pearse, Rory Keenan, Liam Cunningham, Owen Sharpe, Wale Ojo
MPAA Rating: R
Synopsis: The Guard is a comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleason) is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) assigned to the case.
  Source: Sony Pictures
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