Bone-idle writes "The Guard is a fine example of just how laugh out loud funny Irish black humour can be. Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (whose brother Martin directed another opus of black humour, In Bruges), the film is Based in the environs around Spideal in the West of Ireland (where McDonagh’s parents now live). It is in this windswept landscape, with its rich array of real-life characters that McDonagh saw parallels with the Wild West and so planting the seeds of this comedic masterpiece"
Jeremy of We Got This Covered wrote, "The Guard is very much a fish-out-of-the-water comedy. It's a crime film that teams up to unlikely characters together in order to solve a big drug case. Brendan Gleeson steals the show as the unorthodox policeman Sergeant Gerry Boyle. Boyle is lazy, racist and heroic and he has no troubles getting under the skin of Don Cheadle's agent Wendell Everett; a by-the-books FBI agent. Director John Michael McDonagh makes an impact with his first full-length feature. It's a dark comedic work of art that flourishes because of its characters and their oddly deep perspectives on life."
I almost bought this but I haven't heard much about it from anyone so I'm going to wait awhile before I do.
As The Guard hits home video, writer/director John Michael McDonagh talks to ClickOnline about what made the Brendan Glesson starring black comedy such a hit with audiences around the world.
Bone-idle writes "The most successful Irish film of all time and the highest grossing independent film ever grossing over 4.3million euro at the box office, The Guard is set for its DVD and Blu-Ray release on December the 2nd just in time for Christmas.
The incredibly dark comedy starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle focusses on a small town Irish Guard who suddenly finds himself embroiled in a massive international drug smuggling operation and finds an unlikely ally in FBI agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle)"
