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Storyline
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.
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The FBI are about to discover that things work a little different around here.
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Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content
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Details
Release Date:
7 July 2011 (Ireland)
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Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$76,834,
31 July 2011, Limited Release
Gross USA:
$5,359,774, 5 February 2012
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Trivia
Special Agent Wendell Everett mentions that he has two sons, named Huey and Stokely. Everett has presumably named his sons after two prominent members of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Huey P. Newton, and Stokely Carmichael.
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Goofs
Sgt Boyle wears sergeant's chevrons on his uniform sleeve but wears the shoulder boards of a regular Garda (officer).
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first lines]
Sergeant Gerry Boyle:
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red car speeds past his speed trap, tires screech, car crashes]
Sergeant Gerry Boyle:
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finds drugs in the pocket of dead teen]
I don't think your mammy would be too pleased about that now.
Sergeant Gerry Boyle:
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walks aside and swallows one of the pills]
What a beautiful fuckin' day.
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Soundtracks
The Parting Glass
Traditional arrangements by
Liam Clancy,
Pat Clancy and
Tommy Makem
Performed by
Liam Clancy
Courtesy of the Liam Clancy Estate
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User Reviews
The guard is like lethal weapon if it was set in the west of Ireland. Unorthodox police work-yes, disregard for superiors -check, only thing is Sgt. Gerry Boyle has slightly less enthusiasm for action than Officer Riggs.
At times during this movie I had to turn away so no one would see me smiling at the few racist comments, slurs and generalizations. But I wasn't surprised to see behind me, no else in the cinema was holding back the laughter. It seems that it takes a lot for Irish people to find something offensive.
The rest of the characters were enjoyable to watch. They are a close representation of who you should expect to meet if you spend enough time in Ireland and will get you into some memorable 'situations'.
OK so this review is more about Ireland than the movie but I think to enjoy this movie you need to embrace both the story and culture of the country.