Trailer to follow very shortly, and we’ll be doing something very cool closer to the release!!!
Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges, Harry Potter, and The General) and Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2, Crash, and Hotel Rwanda).
The Guard is a thriller-comedy set on the west coast of Ireland where Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle)to his door. The Guard also stars Liam Cunningham, Pat Shortt, Darren Healy, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan and Slovenian newcomer KatarinaCas.
The Guard has already won critics and audiences over when it screened earlier this year at the renowned Sundance & Berlin film festivals. Screen Daily believes that “The Guard will win over audiences with its zinger lines from McDonagh’s script and deft casting in all the roles”. The Hollywood Reporter describes The Guard as “Scabrous, profane, violent, verbally adroit and very often hilarious, this twisted and exceptionally accomplished variation on the buddy-cop format is capped by a protean performance by Brendan Gleeson”. The US entertainment website FilmCrave.com was equally impressed with THE GUARD as it “easily places itself in the same breath as other crime thrillers from the region - Snatch, In Bruges, Hot Fuzz, etc. It's a film that will be one of your favorites of the year and also remain in your heart for years to come”. The Guardian reported that “The Guard has some of the bestone-liners and drop-dead observations I've heard for a while.”
Following on from such praise, Element Pictures Distribution are delighted that Irishaudiences will get the chance to see THE GUARD this summer, July 8th when it goes on nationwide release.
Via Element Pictures
