Guard (Blu-ray)

Editor's Note Confrontational Irish cop Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) reluctantly teams with uptight FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to take down a gang of international drug traffickers in this comedy thriller co-starring Mark Strong, Rory Keenan, and Liam Cunningham.

	Rory Keenan
	Don Cheadle
	Brendan Gleeson
	David Wilmot
	Liam Cunningham
	Gary Lydon - Co-Star
	Gary Robinson - Co-Star
	Mark Strong - Co-Star
	Darren Healy - Co-Star
	Dermot Healy - Co-Star
	Mark O'Halloran - Co-Star
	Fionnula Flanagan - Co-Star
	Larry Smith - Director of Photography
	John Michael McDonagh - Screenwriter
	Calexico - Composer
	Liz Gallacher - Music Director
	Pat Shortt - Co-Star
	Laurence Kinlan - Co-Star
	Giedrius Nagys - Co-Star
	Dominick Hewitt - Co-Star
	Sarah Greene - Co-Star
	Dominique McElligott - Co-Star
	Owen Sharpe - Co-Star
	David Pearse - Co-Star
	Katarina Cas - Co-Star
	Ronan Collins - Co-Star
	Paraic Nialand - Co-Star
	John Patrick Beirne - Co-Star
	Liam O'Conghaile - Co-Star
	Christopher Kilmartin - Co-Star
	Declan Mannion - Co-Star
	Michael Og Lane - Co-Star
	Wale Ojo - Co-Star
	Conor Moloney - Co-Star
	Laura Hitchings - Co-Star
	Sharon Kearney - Co-Star
	Eamonn Olwill - Co-Star
	Yuyang Shields - Co-Star
	Gay McKeon - Co-Star
	Mary Corcoran - Co-Star
	Colm Gannon - Co-Star
	Johnny McDonagh - Co-Star
	John Michael McDonagh - Director

Box Office
4 stars out of 5 -- "Filmmaker John Michael McDonagh proves his talent for casting with his first feature, the lively, often funny, always thrilling Irish crime comedy THE GUARD." 06/06/2011

Los Angeles Times
"THE GUARD is not a breath but a great gust of very funny fresh air....[I]t gives veteran actor Brendan Gleeson one of the tastiest roles of his career and introduces a gifted writer-director..." 07/29/2011

Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "A principal joy of THE GUARD lies in its dialogue....Gleeson gives a tremendous performance..." 08/01/2011

New York Times
"Popping with glorious, bright color and off-color jokes, THE GUARD is an Irish comedy and almost incidental thriller..." 07/29/2011

A.V. Club
"[Gleeson's] performance is equal parts funny and unnerving, and he keeps viewers guessing about what drives the man and what he'll do next." 07/28/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"In this offbeat buddy-cop comedy, Don Cheadle, as an FBI agent trying to stop a drug ring, makes the perfect foil." -- Grade: B 08/05/2011

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "Brought to life with gusto, Boyle is equal parts cynic and sentimentalist. It's a great performance and a hell of a character -- profane, contradictory, ineffably alive." 09/01/2011

Sight and Sound
"At its best, THE GUARD has a wit and perceptiveness that recalls the comedies of Bill Forsyth..." 09/01/2011