The Guard

2011 • 92 minutes

About this movie

THE GUARD is a comedy-thriller set on the west coast of Ireland. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

Ratings and reviews

Totally engaging, full of pathos in the best way, great scenery and a good plot - with a great ending! I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Funny (like, snort-your-drink funny), good story line, fantastic actors. The most Irish of films there ever was.

This should go down in movie history as a classic black comedy. Absolutely loved it!