The Guard (2011)
10/10
YOU LOST ME AT "WE".
18 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Brendan Gleeson stars as a small town Sgt. in Ireland. In many ways he reminded me of Andy of Mayberry in that he has his own local quirky ways of doing things, but beneath it all he is quite intelligent. There are some international drug smugglers in his area and the FBI has sent Don Cheadle to work with the very frank, sometimes crass Gleeson who believes racial stereotypes and has no problems questioning Cheadle to the point of his frustration.

The writing is witty and the quirky characters are reminiscent of a Coen brothers masterpiece.

Cheadle is talking about the recent killing to Gleeson:

CHEADLE: "We need to go door to door and ask people if they saw anything."

GLEESON: "You lost me at 'we'".

CHEADLE: "You and I need...

GLEESON: "It's my day off."

Effective use of sound track. Great script. Funny. Clever.

F-bomb, no nudity, adult situations.
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