I saw an advertisement for this movie on a British website and thought, "Dang it! I will have to wait for this to come out on DVD before I get to watch it!" Yet another funny movie from overseas that I won't get to see for months and months until it makes it to DVD/Blu-Ray. Why don't I have a personal jet?!!! So, imagine how happy I was that The Kentucky Theatre scored a copy of it for a week. Yay!!!
This movie stars Brendan Gleeson (if you don't know his name, just trust me when I say you've seen him!) who should be in every single GOOD movie that gets made these days. He plays Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a cop, in a small Irish town who, along with a cop from Dublin and an FBI agent (played by Don Cheadle), have to investigate an international drug ring bringing millions of pounds worth of drugs into the tiny town via the harbor that is there.
This movie stars Brendan Gleeson (if you don't know his name, just trust me when I say you've seen him!) who should be in every single GOOD movie that gets made these days. He plays Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a cop, in a small Irish town who, along with a cop from Dublin and an FBI agent (played by Don Cheadle), have to investigate an international drug ring bringing millions of pounds worth of drugs into the tiny town via the harbor that is there.
Sergeant Boyle is a salty small-town cop who has run the city his own way for a long time. When the FBI comes to town to investigate the drug smuggling ring, he doesn't really have a lot of positive things to say all of which he makes clear in a briefing between the FBI and the Irish Guarda. However, as the movie progresses and Boyle gets deeper into the investigation, he realizes that the FBI agent is the only person he can trust and they must work together.
Gleeson, as usual, turns in a stellar performance as Sgt. Boyle. He is cranky, salty, crass and somewhat loveable. You can see so many underlying emotions as he works through the case and interacts with the locals. He is most definitely one of my favorite actors and I really liked him in this movie. Don Cheadle as FBI agent Wendell Everett also turns in a fantastic performance. His straight-laced and by-the-book agent does not mesh well with Gleeson's Boyle and makes for some entertaining exchanges.
The Guard is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh. He is the brother of In Bruges director Martin McDonagh. Maybe someday they will pull a Coen brothers on us and do a movie together! That would be something to see!
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