the most successful irish film you never saw...but should have.
the guard is a small indie film (2011) starring brendan gleeson as sgt boyle,a local irish cop with an unorthodox way of doing things and a penchant for big city,dublin hookers.when a big drug shipment of half a billion is suspected on coming to his town he is visited by a humorless FBI agent played by don cheadle.
sounds basic enough right?
not so fast...this film takes a dark and cynical humor to a level that makes it an artform and not just some tawdry and inept film.
its brilliance is in its simplicity and it is funny..i mean REAL funny.
what a great film.
this is the scene where boyle gets a tip from a local kid who also decides to take a little piece of the action,and boyle calls him out for it.
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