The Guard R
The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.35:1
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 1, 2017
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Columbia Pictures / Screen Classics by Request
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Brendan Gleeson & Don Cheadle | |
| Performer: | Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Mark Strong & Fionnula Flanagan | |
| Directed by | John Michael McDonagh | |
| Edited by | Chris Gill | |
| Screenplay by | John Michael McDonagh | |
| Composition by | Calexico | |
| Director of Photography: | Larry Smith |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3/4 --
Although The Guard is primarily a language romp, it's also a terrific showcase for veteran pug-faced character actor Brendan Gleeson.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 4.5/5 --
But unlike most other movies with plenty of gunplay and profanity, you'll actually think about the film -- and remember its remarkable title character -- long after you've finishing watching it.
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Washington Examiner
Rating: 3/5 --
What's so effective about The Guard is how it has just enough of a narrative trajectory to keep it from feeling entirely like a sketch-show.
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Patrick Nabarro
Rating: 4/5 --
An admirably executed and often hilarious variation on the overdone action-comedy genre, elevated by stand-out performances across the board and an extraordinarily well-executed script from McDonagh.
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HeyUGuys
Rating: 3.5/5 --
The Guard offers an offbeat take on a genre without skimping on the violence or gunplay.
The Age (Australia)
Rating: 8/10 --
The film is foul-mouthed and not without its flourishes of violence but it's irresistibly likeable (and unpredictable).
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Sydney Morning Herald
In what could have been a routine run-of-the-mill murder, drug trafficking, mob/cartel action flick, we instead have a film that explodes with life, filled with subversive humor, laugh-out-loud funny comedy, caustic and callous wit...
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Behind The Lens
Description by OLDIES.com:
Two cops -- one an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other a straitlaced FBI agent -- must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang.
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- Sales Rank: 69,236
- UPC: 043396515758
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