The Guard

The Guard

7.0IMDb Score
Released:2011-07-07
Duration:96 min
Director:John Michael McDonagh
Actors:Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Katarina Čas
Production:Prescience, UK Film Council, Reprisal Films, Aegis Film Fund, Element Pictures, Crescendo Productions, EDS Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Overview:

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

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