The Guard

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

Brendan Gleeson is great isn't he? I really liked this one, mainly for the ending, which manages to turn his character into a Western style cowboy legend. But there's also a lot of fun before that.

Seriously though, how many films does Mark Strong need to be in? I feel like he's in every third of fourth film I watch. It's a good thing he's awesome too.

The story is very simple but it's Gleeson's character that's centre stage here. It's a hard thing to pull off writing this kind of mythological character and still maintain such a grounded reality but they pull it off and make it look easy. Really great little film.