Thursday, February 02, 2012

The Guard


THE GUARD (2011) - Feb. 2, 2012
A well made and engaging film about a curmudgeonly small town Irish cop who finds himself working with an FBI agent when some drug-runners decide to import drugs through his town.  Though John Michael McDonagh's dialogue sometimes borders on being a little too stylized and showy for its own good, the film is mostly well made and quite funny throughout.  It helps that Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheedle are both very good, and have great chemistry.  ***

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