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The Guard is a 2011 [[BlackComedy darkly comic]] Irish film. Starring Brendan Gleeson as [[NobleBigotWithABadge Sergeant Gerry Boyle]] and Don Cheadle as [[OnlySaneMan FBI Agent Wendell Everett]], it is based in the west of Ireland. When a murder victim turns up, Gerry soon discovers that he was part of a drug smuggling ring. When his rookie partner disappears, Gerry is asked by the man's wife to find out what happened. He then gets embroiled in the dealings of a drug smuggling ring and must crack the case.
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The Guard is a 2011 [[BlackComedy darkly comic]] Irish action-comedy film. Starring Brendan Gleeson as [[NobleBigotWithABadge Sergeant Gerry Boyle]] and Don Cheadle as [[OnlySaneMan FBI Agent Wendell Everett]], it is based in the west of Ireland. When a murder victim turns up, Gerry soon discovers that he was part of a drug smuggling ring. When his rookie partner disappears, Gerry is asked by the man's wife to find out what happened. He then gets embroiled in the dealings of a drug smuggling ring and must crack the case.
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* RunningGag: "They got that man over from the FBI." "Oooh, Behavioral Science Unit?" "...No, Drugs." Apparently the BSU's training reputation internationally proceeds it.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''InBruges''. Completely different movies, but they share the same off-the-wall and gleefully politically incorrect style of humour, as well as Brendan Gleeson in a prominent role. Direcor John Michael [=McDonagh=] is the brother of ''In Bruges'' director Martin [=McDonagh=], who serves as an executive producer on ''The Guard''.
** Add in Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short "Six Shooter" and you have a neat little Gleeson-McDonagh trilogy.
** Add in Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short "Six Shooter" and you have a neat little Gleeson-McDonagh trilogy.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''InBruges''. Completely different movies, but they share the same off-the-wall and gleefully politically incorrect style of humour, as well as Brendan Gleeson in a prominent role. Direcor Director-screenwriter John Michael [=McDonagh=] is the brother of ''In Bruges'' director Martin [=McDonagh=], Creator/MartinMcDonagh, who serves as was an executive producer on ''The Guard''.
** Add in Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short "Six Shooter" and you have a neat little Gleeson-McDonagh trilogy.Guard''.
** Add in Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short "Six Shooter" and you have a neat little Gleeson-McDonagh trilogy.
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** It's more likely the racist remarks are due to the fact that casual racism is very common in Ireland, with no offense meant behind it.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Everything Gerry says at the briefing. Wendell notes that he has [[BrassBalls some balls on him]] for speaking to [[DaChief Stanton]] in the manner that he does.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Gerry tells his mother about the cocaine ring and she asks if he can get her some, a priest behind them does a noticeable DoubleTake as he walks out the door.
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* MyGodYouAreSerious: Stanton asks Everett if the term "liquidating" in reference to killing someone is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literal.]] Everett chuckles for a moment, then notices Stanton still staring at him and has a moment to blink before responding in astonishment.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Sheehy]] tells Gerry that he won't hear him beg for help as the place burns down around them, while he's too injured to move. He still ends up [[SayMyName screaming Boyle's name]] as the latter departs, though.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Everything Gerry says.
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* TurnInYourBadge: Hilariously subverted. Stanton tells Gerry he can consider himself under suspension for a variety of snarky remarks at a briefing. Gerry simply tells him that he won't in brazen fashion and then proceeds to tell him that one of the men he's looking for is already dead.
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* TurnInYourBadge: Hilariously subverted.Subverted. Stanton tells Gerry he can consider himself under suspension for a variety of snarky remarks at a briefing. Gerry simply tells him that he won't in brazen fashion and then proceeds to tell him that one of the men he's looking for is already dead.
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* SaltAndPepper: Gerry and Wendell.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Gerry and Wendell, mostly due to Gerry's constant racist remarks. Though, he may be just trying to get a rise out of him.
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* DaChief: Inspector Stanton is a particularly incompetent version. [[spoiler:And corrupt]].
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-->'''Special Agent Everett:''' Y'know, I can't tell if you're really motherfuckin' dumb or really motherfuckin' smart.
-->'''Special Agent Everett:''' Y'know, I can't tell if you're really motherfuckin' dumb or really motherfuckin' smart.
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** And, of course, half a billion. [[spoiler: Which also turns out to be a subversion. The drugs are only worth two hundred million]].
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-->'''Gerry:''' They're always fuckin' overestimating!
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* WorthyOpponent: The drug traffickers respect Gerry's integrity. Of course, this means that they decide that he must die for it.
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* LittleUselessGun: Averted by the derringer. Gerry kills [[spoiler: O'Leary]] with it, though it takes him quite some time to die.
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* BitterSweetEnding: The drug operation is definitively put down, [[spoiler: but it is ambiguous as to whether Gerry survived the boat explosion. Though it is implied he has faked his death and moved on.]]
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->''"What a beautiful [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] day."''
-->-- '''Gerry Boyle''', in the film's first spoken line
The Guard is a 2011 [[BlackComedy darkly comic]] Irish film. Starring Brendan Gleeson as [[NobleBigotWithABadge Sergeant Gerry Boyle]] and Don Cheadle as [[OnlySaneMan FBI Agent Wendell Everett]], it is based in the west of Ireland. When a murder victim turns up, Gerry soon discovers that he was part of a drug smuggling ring. When his rookie partner disappears, Gerry is asked by the man's wife to find out what happened. He then gets embroiled in the dealings of a drug smuggling ring and must crack the case.
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!!''The Guard'' provides examples of:
* AffablyEvil: all three of the drug traffickers are this to a certain extent
* AntiHero: Gerry is a type III.
* ApatheticCitizens: Wendell tries to get information on the villains by canvassing the locals. Nobody seems willing to help, speak English, or even acknowledge him. In desperation, he even asks a horse.
* ArcNumber: Subverted. O'Leary scrawls the number 5 and a half on the the wall in blood at the murder scene after doing the deed. [=McBride=] suggests that it could be a serial killer. Turns out O'Leary was just mad drunk when he did it.
-->'''Aidan:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Maybe it was his 5 1/2th victim]]? Maybe he killed 5 fellas and maimed another one?''
* ArmouredClosetGay: Aidan.
* BaldOfEvil: Clive Cornell. What do you expect from a villain played by MarkStrong?
* TheBeard: Gabriella.
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. [[BigBad Sheehy]] attempts to blackmail Gerry with photographs of him in a threesome with some prostitutes to keep him from investigating the case further. Gerry simply doesn't care. After Sheehy leaves, Gerry facepalms in frustration. Turns out, he just has brain freeze from his milkshake.
* BloodKnight: Cornell is revealed to have a little bit of this: "You kidding me? This is better than fucking Christmas!"
* BookEnds: Gerry putting on his uniform.
* BuryYourGays
* CastingGag: As noted under AcceptableTargets Dubliners are mocked a lot, especially by Gerry. Brendan Gleeson is himself a Dubliner.
* ChekhovsGun: When Gerry returns the bag of guns to the IRA, a Derringer, a Glock and a Kalashnikov are missing. [[spoiler: Turns out, Gerry kept hold of them and keeps the Derringer [[PantsPositiveSafety in his trousers]], which he uses to dispatch O'Leary. The other two guns are used in the final shootout.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Gerry is seen playing a light gun game in the pub and is later seen out swimming. Both play major parts in the climax.
* CitizenshipMarriage: Aidan is an ArmoredClosetGay and Gabriella needs citizenship papers to stay in the country.
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The ending. Did [[TheHeroDies Gerry die]]? Or did he swim to safety?]]
* ClusterFBomb
* CoolOldLady: Gerry's mother.
* CorruptCop: Amazingly, Gerry is the only guard in the film ''not'' on the villains' payroll. They try to bribe and blackmail him, but he simply doesn't give a shit.
** What makes this even funnier is that Gerry in other respects is probably the most corrupt police officer in his part of Ireland, what with his frequenting of prostitutes, taking of drugs (which in the first scene of the movie we see him stealing from a car accident), drinking on the job and [[spoiler: giving a gun cache he finds back to the IRA]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* CulturedBadass: The villains like to spend car journeys discussing their favourite philosophers and have a fondness for Jazz music.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gerry Boyle. It is an Irish movie with the lead played by BrendanGleeson after all. Wendell also gets in a few good quips
** Clive also gets his share of lines: "When I signed up for the part of international drug runner, it didn't say anything about heavy lifting".
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: [=McBride=], cornered, refuses to turn around for the drug traffickers, deciding to show them for the cowards they are. They shoot him, then comment on how well he took it.]] "He was very philosophical about it."
* DaChief: Inspector Stanton is a particularly incompetent version.
* EaglelandOsmosis: [=McBride=] speaks and acts much like an American cop. Boyle lampshades this.
* EvilBrit: Clive Cornell.
* {{Fetish}}: Invoked. Gerry has a thing for his prostitutes [[FairCop dressing as guards]] with ludicrously short skirts. He even asks them to bring handcuffs the next time.
* HardGay: The reason that the IRA have a Derringer in their weapon stash. Apparently, [[TakeThat they were the only ones able to successfully infiltrate MI5]].
* HeroicNeutral: Sums up Gerry to a tee. He just wants to enjoy his day off, and his taking on the drug traffickers is motivated partially by irritation that they killed his partner, partially because a drug trafficking case is just too much boring work
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Aoife sort of subverts this [[spoiler: given that she is forced to participate in a blackmailing scheme against Gerry]], but she seems to genuinely like Gerry.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The drug smugglers suffer from this hugely in the film's climax. [[TheDragon Cornell]] shoots at Boyle GunsAkimbo and one {{Mook}} fires GangstaStyle. Gerry [[OnlyAFleshWound takes a round to the arm]] and takes his time with his aim and takes out most of them.
* TheInformant: The kid who turns up from time to time informs Gerry about the stash of guns. And tries to keep the Derringer for himself.
* InsistentTerminology: O'Leary isn't a psychopath, he's a sociopath. Though, he doesn't actually know what the difference is. He was simply told this in prison.
* MistakenNationality: Gabriella [=McBride=] is Croatian. Everybody thinks she's Romanian. Also, the first suspect in the murder case only looks Italian.
* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Gerry. Wendell lampshades this.
* OneManArmy: Gerry manages to kill most of the drug traffickers himself. However, he is clever enough to get Wendell to cover him from long range.
* OneSceneWonder: Pat Shortt as IRA man Colum Hennessey.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Gerry says this about his shoulder wound.
* PetTheDog: Gerry takes the time to look after his mother, who is dying of cancer.
* PsychoForHire: O'Leary.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''InBruges''. Completely different movies, but they share the same off-the-wall and gleefully politically incorrect style of humour, as well as Brendan Gleeson in a prominent role. Direcor John Michael [=McDonagh=] is the brother of ''In Bruges'' director Martin [=McDonagh=], who serves as an executive producer on ''The Guard''.
* TurnInYourBadge: Hilariously subverted. Stanton tells Gerry he can consider himself under suspension for a variety of snarky remarks at a briefing. Gerry simply tells him that he won't in brazen fashion and then proceeds to tell him that one of the men he's looking for is already dead.
* WickedCultured: When we first meet the villains, they're quoting the philosophy of Nietzsche.
* WideEyedIdealist: Aidan [=McBride=]. [[spoiler: It gets him killed early on.]]
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-->-- '''Gerry Boyle''', in the film's first spoken line
The Guard is a 2011 [[BlackComedy darkly comic]] Irish film. Starring Brendan Gleeson as [[NobleBigotWithABadge Sergeant Gerry Boyle]] and Don Cheadle as [[OnlySaneMan FBI Agent Wendell Everett]], it is based in the west of Ireland. When a murder victim turns up, Gerry soon discovers that he was part of a drug smuggling ring. When his rookie partner disappears, Gerry is asked by the man's wife to find out what happened. He then gets embroiled in the dealings of a drug smuggling ring and must crack the case.
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!!''The Guard'' provides examples of:
* AffablyEvil: all three of the drug traffickers are this to a certain extent
* AntiHero: Gerry is a type III.
* ApatheticCitizens: Wendell tries to get information on the villains by canvassing the locals. Nobody seems willing to help, speak English, or even acknowledge him. In desperation, he even asks a horse.
* ArcNumber: Subverted. O'Leary scrawls the number 5 and a half on the the wall in blood at the murder scene after doing the deed. [=McBride=] suggests that it could be a serial killer. Turns out O'Leary was just mad drunk when he did it.
-->'''Aidan:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Maybe it was his 5 1/2th victim]]? Maybe he killed 5 fellas and maimed another one?''
* ArmouredClosetGay: Aidan.
* BaldOfEvil: Clive Cornell. What do you expect from a villain played by MarkStrong?
* TheBeard: Gabriella.
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. [[BigBad Sheehy]] attempts to blackmail Gerry with photographs of him in a threesome with some prostitutes to keep him from investigating the case further. Gerry simply doesn't care. After Sheehy leaves, Gerry facepalms in frustration. Turns out, he just has brain freeze from his milkshake.
* BloodKnight: Cornell is revealed to have a little bit of this: "You kidding me? This is better than fucking Christmas!"
* BookEnds: Gerry putting on his uniform.
* BuryYourGays
* CastingGag: As noted under AcceptableTargets Dubliners are mocked a lot, especially by Gerry. Brendan Gleeson is himself a Dubliner.
* ChekhovsGun: When Gerry returns the bag of guns to the IRA, a Derringer, a Glock and a Kalashnikov are missing. [[spoiler: Turns out, Gerry kept hold of them and keeps the Derringer [[PantsPositiveSafety in his trousers]], which he uses to dispatch O'Leary. The other two guns are used in the final shootout.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Gerry is seen playing a light gun game in the pub and is later seen out swimming. Both play major parts in the climax.
* CitizenshipMarriage: Aidan is an ArmoredClosetGay and Gabriella needs citizenship papers to stay in the country.
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The ending. Did [[TheHeroDies Gerry die]]? Or did he swim to safety?]]
* ClusterFBomb
* CoolOldLady: Gerry's mother.
* CorruptCop: Amazingly, Gerry is the only guard in the film ''not'' on the villains' payroll. They try to bribe and blackmail him, but he simply doesn't give a shit.
** What makes this even funnier is that Gerry in other respects is probably the most corrupt police officer in his part of Ireland, what with his frequenting of prostitutes, taking of drugs (which in the first scene of the movie we see him stealing from a car accident), drinking on the job and [[spoiler: giving a gun cache he finds back to the IRA]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* CulturedBadass: The villains like to spend car journeys discussing their favourite philosophers and have a fondness for Jazz music.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gerry Boyle. It is an Irish movie with the lead played by BrendanGleeson after all. Wendell also gets in a few good quips
** Clive also gets his share of lines: "When I signed up for the part of international drug runner, it didn't say anything about heavy lifting".
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: [=McBride=], cornered, refuses to turn around for the drug traffickers, deciding to show them for the cowards they are. They shoot him, then comment on how well he took it.]] "He was very philosophical about it."
* DaChief: Inspector Stanton is a particularly incompetent version.
* EaglelandOsmosis: [=McBride=] speaks and acts much like an American cop. Boyle lampshades this.
* EvilBrit: Clive Cornell.
* {{Fetish}}: Invoked. Gerry has a thing for his prostitutes [[FairCop dressing as guards]] with ludicrously short skirts. He even asks them to bring handcuffs the next time.
* HardGay: The reason that the IRA have a Derringer in their weapon stash. Apparently, [[TakeThat they were the only ones able to successfully infiltrate MI5]].
* HeroicNeutral: Sums up Gerry to a tee. He just wants to enjoy his day off, and his taking on the drug traffickers is motivated partially by irritation that they killed his partner, partially because a drug trafficking case is just too much boring work
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Aoife sort of subverts this [[spoiler: given that she is forced to participate in a blackmailing scheme against Gerry]], but she seems to genuinely like Gerry.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The drug smugglers suffer from this hugely in the film's climax. [[TheDragon Cornell]] shoots at Boyle GunsAkimbo and one {{Mook}} fires GangstaStyle. Gerry [[OnlyAFleshWound takes a round to the arm]] and takes his time with his aim and takes out most of them.
* TheInformant: The kid who turns up from time to time informs Gerry about the stash of guns. And tries to keep the Derringer for himself.
* InsistentTerminology: O'Leary isn't a psychopath, he's a sociopath. Though, he doesn't actually know what the difference is. He was simply told this in prison.
* MistakenNationality: Gabriella [=McBride=] is Croatian. Everybody thinks she's Romanian. Also, the first suspect in the murder case only looks Italian.
* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Gerry. Wendell lampshades this.
* OneManArmy: Gerry manages to kill most of the drug traffickers himself. However, he is clever enough to get Wendell to cover him from long range.
* OneSceneWonder: Pat Shortt as IRA man Colum Hennessey.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Gerry says this about his shoulder wound.
* PetTheDog: Gerry takes the time to look after his mother, who is dying of cancer.
* PsychoForHire: O'Leary.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''InBruges''. Completely different movies, but they share the same off-the-wall and gleefully politically incorrect style of humour, as well as Brendan Gleeson in a prominent role. Direcor John Michael [=McDonagh=] is the brother of ''In Bruges'' director Martin [=McDonagh=], who serves as an executive producer on ''The Guard''.
* TurnInYourBadge: Hilariously subverted. Stanton tells Gerry he can consider himself under suspension for a variety of snarky remarks at a briefing. Gerry simply tells him that he won't in brazen fashion and then proceeds to tell him that one of the men he's looking for is already dead.
* WickedCultured: When we first meet the villains, they're quoting the philosophy of Nietzsche.
* WideEyedIdealist: Aidan [=McBride=]. [[spoiler: It gets him killed early on.]]
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