The Guard
Taste attributes: actioncomedycrimethrillerdetectivefastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossyfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connections
"The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here."
Boxlist takeA very fast crime comedy that is stylised and dark. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Aegis Film Fund
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
