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7.0/10 • 1.2K

2011-07-071h 36m

ActionComedyThrillerCrime

The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

Directors
John Michael McDonagh
Editors
Chris Gill

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Brendan Gleeson

    Brendan Gleeson

    Sergeant Gerry Boyle

  2. Don Cheadle

    Don Cheadle

    FBI agent Wendell Everett

  3. Liam Cunningham

    Liam Cunningham

    Francis Sheehy

  4. Mark Strong

    Mark Strong

    Clive Cornell

  5. Katarina Čas

    Katarina Čas

    Gabriela McBride

  6. David Wilmot

    David Wilmot

    Liam O'Leary

  7. Rory Keenan

    Rory Keenan

    Garda Aidan McBride

  8. Laurence Kinlan

    Laurence Kinlan

    Photographer

  9. Dominique McElligott

    Dominique McElligott

    Aoife O'Carroll

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Reno

Nov 23, 2016

5/10

An ordinary cop, enjoying his single life, gets into a real cop business! I won't say it is an overrated film, but it simply did not work for me. The same director who had made 'Calvary' directed this one as well with Brendon Gleeson in the lead, but that was an earlier project to this one. I loved that film, not this one, though I consider it an average, because I did not find it bad. The theme was very familiar, and too much wasted scenes with the slow narration spoiled my mood. There's no clear perspective of the storytelling, just it concentrated on a small town cop and his single life, and rarely he fights the crime. When an FBI agent comes looking for some international drug dealers, a cop in a small Irish town braced to assist the American officer. Though he never cared to involve in it. He follows his usual lifestyle, enjoying every moment of his life. After a woman comes asking to find his cop husband gone missing, he now gets into the action. How serious he makes progress in the case and its result is the rest of the film to disclose. It's not as funny as I anticipated. But watchable film for its quality narration. The actors were just okay. The characters were really weak, particularly the villains. They occasionally appear and gone for forever, and then there comes the final battle. Did not sync well between them and the cop, especially what they were fighting for, other than they are. Especially the FBI agent played by Don Cheadle casting was worthless. For a fine theme like this, the plot should have developed with at least a couple of twists and maybe a grand action sequence. It does not matter though, at least engaging plot needed, but failed on that part. Sorry to say that I'm not in favour of it to suggest it to anybody, though you might it better than me. 5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000.00
Revenue
$19,560,274.00
Keywords
prostitutedrug smugglingblackmailrural areairelandbuddy copcopsirish