The Guard 2011 Movie Review
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 2:33PM 
John Michael McDonagh's first feature film "The Guard," is an action comedy about an Irish police sergeant who teams up with the F.B.I. to take down a big time illegal drug trafficker. The sergeant is played by Irish native, Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges and Harry Potter) the head federal agent on the case being played by Don Cheadle (Crash and Hotel Rwanda). Gleeson's character is very unusual in that his police tactics are zany at times and often illegal. With that in mind the character still seems to feel strongly when he believes something wrong is occurring or an injustice has happened. That is why this doesn't have the feel of a standard crooked police officer show like "The Shield" or "Training Day," he just comes across as weird and not shady. Cheadle's character is a classic straight laced by the book agent who doesn't vary his methods based on the situation.
Brendon Gleeson, Don Cheadle, The Guard in Film 