Time & Location
18 Sept 2024, 19:30
Oswestry, Chapel St, Oswestry SY11 1LF, UK
About the event
The Guard has the always characterful Brendan Gleeson on fine form in this black comedy thriller as an unorthodox garda (Irish policeman) - special interests: Russian literature, swimming, drinking, swearing and womanising - whose quiet corner of coastal Connemara becomes an international crime hotspot.
A big drugs deal is coming down, and he’s forced to pair up with visiting fish-out-of-water American agent Don Cheadle as he tries to arrest a tough trio of hoodlums.
Gleeson’s impish performance - is he corruptible or not? - is bolstered by the sparkling dialogue, which marries Irish blarney to Tarantino-lite philosophising. If you enjoyed In Bruges (Gleeson and Colin Farrell) – and who couldn’t? - this Anglo-Irish caper is right up your street too.
Top critic Roger Ebert: "The Guard" is a pleasure. I can't tell if it's really (bleeping) dumb or really (bleeping) smart, but it's pretty (bleeping) good...