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The Guard

The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.

7.0(1,480)20111h 36m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
$6M
Box office
$19.6M
Language
Irish
  • prostitute
  • drug smuggling
  • blackmail
  • rural area
  • ireland
  • buddy cop
  • cops
  • irish

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR29 Jul 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1519 Aug 2011
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+25 Aug 2011
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical23 Sept 2011
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1221 Sept 2011
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical2 Nov 2011
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1622 Sept 2011
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical161 Sept 2011
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical27 Oct 2011
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A7 Jul 2011
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical21 Oct 2011
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1222 Sept 2011
    • Physical12DVD, Blu ray7 Mar 2012
    • TV12Nederland 326 Apr 2014

Frequently asked questions

The Guard was released on 7 July 2011.

Audience reviews

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  • R

    Reno

    11/23/2016

    5/10

    **An ordinary cop, enjoying his single life, gets into a real cop business!** I won't say it is an overrated film, but it simply did not work for me. The same director who had made 'Calvary' directed this one as well with Brendon Gleeson in the lead, but that was an earlier project to this one. I loved that film, not this one, though I consider it an average, because I did not find it bad. The theme was very famil…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/30/2024

    7/10

    I couldn't help but wonder just how much acting Brendan Gleeson was actually doing here! He really does look like he's enjoying himself as the irreverent Garda officer "Boyle" whose sleepy Irish community finds itself embroiled in an FBI investigation led by "Everett" (Don Cheadle) into a smuggling racket that could involve $500m worth of cocaine. It's fair to say that "Boyle" does things very much his own way, doesn…

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