FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE The Guard 

It's a fact: if you put Brendan Gleeson in any role, he'll bring it to life. In this case, he plays a cop, the Gaelic word for policeman being guarda. His name is Sgt Gerry Boyle and we meet him as he searches a victim's clothes for drugs and quickly pockets everything. Boyle is not a bad cop, just a bad one. At least he loves his mum, which is a good sign. Her name is Eileen Boyle (Fionnula Flanagan) and she's dying, but whenever Boyle visits her, she comes back to life. And when they talk, they basically say the F-word incessantly, as if it were a sentence sign. Boyle drinks while he works. He never overstays his welcome and makes friends with prostitutes. But all this takes an unpleasant turn for Boyle when the straight-laced McBride (Rory Keenan) is transferred from Dublin to the country. He, of all people, is to become Boyle's partner (and Boyle hates everything from Dublin). A big drugs deal is on the cards. Half a million is at stake, give or take, and the FBI sends Everett (Don Cheadle) to Ireland. Everett is an even worse partner! Boyle, moreover, is not a real racist, but he is naive in his dealings with black people. He believes that Everett must be an expert on life in the ghetto, as Boyle has seen on television. Gleeson's gift as an actor lies precisely in his ability to make all these outrageous statements.