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.
Acting
Gleeson's Boyle is career-best chaos—vulgar, sad, weirdly noble.
Writing
McDonagh's dialogue is weaponized wit; every scene crackles.
Cinematography
Bleak Connemara landscapes that somehow feel cozy.
Director
John Michael McDonagh
Brendan Gleeson
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle
FBI agent Wendell Everett
Liam Cunningham
Francis Sheehy
Mark Strong
Clive Cornell
Katarina Čas
Gabriela McBride
David Wilmot
Liam O'Leary
Rory Keenan
Garda Aidan McBride
Laurence Kinlan
Photographer
Dominique McElligott
Aoife O'Carroll
Sarah Greene
Sinead Mulligan
Fionnula Flanagan
Eileen Boyle
Gary Lydon
Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton
Mícheál Óg Lane
Eugene Moloney
Mark O'Halloran
Garda No. 1
David Pearse
Bartley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brendan Gleeson learned to speak Irish Gaelic phonetically for his opening dialogue—despite being Irish, he didn't speak it.
Part of McDonagh's 'Glorified Suicide' trilogy with Calvary and The Forgiven; all explore Irish masculinity and Catholic guilt through dark comedy.
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