The Guard: A Quick Review

Redbox and Netflix Instant are really encouraging this movie watching habit of mine. So much so that I start to forget about what movies I've watched and fail to post a review. That's on me. The Guard is a little limited release film that won pretty universal acclaim. The trailer made me laugh and I'll see anything with Brendan Gleeson.

Sargent Gerry Boyle (Brendan Glesson) is a foul mouthed, racist, drug using, weapon stealing police officer near Gallway, Ireland. But he's not bad at his job, just a little immune after a long time on the job. He's a realist, he might act dumb but he knows whats happening in his town. So he knows that all the other cops are on the pay when a group of smugglers start shipping in millions of dollars worth of cocaine. He is joined by FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) who has been tracking the cocaine since it left some South American country. Everett is pretty straight edged but falls for Boyle's racist musings and helps him bring down the bad guys.

There's not much to say about The Guard. If you like small films that are dialogue heavy in an irish brogue you will enjoy it. It's pretty funny, entirely thanks to Brendan Gleeson who is fantastic. You might not laugh out loud but it is a pretty solid film that I certainly did not regret renting.

3 out of 4 stars

-Christopher O'Connell